AG1383 - TAMPA FIRST BAP CH DOME
N 27° 56.741 W 082° 27.777
17R E 356078 N 3092046
Along the Hillsborough River, this church dome is a benchmark.
Waymark Code: WM5KPH
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2009
Views: 10
1/1/1934 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (GLA) DOME, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, PLANT AVENUE, AND LAFAYETTE STREET, TAMPA.
1/1/1941 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (KGC) THE STATION IS THE TOP OF A SMALL DOME OVER AN OBSERVATION TOWER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED AT PLANT AVENUE AND LAFAYETTE STREET, TAMPA, FLORIDA. IT IS ABOUT 90 FEET HIGH AND UNLIGHTED.
1/1/1959 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (ALW) THIS STATION WAS RECOVERED IN MARCH, 1959. IT IS LOCATED AT TAMPA AT THE SW CORNER OF THE JUNCTION OF LAFAYETTE STREET AND PLANT AVENUE. IT IS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE DOME OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
First located by skyboy01 on 5/5/2003
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: -blank-
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: Church Spire
County: Hillsborough
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
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NGS PID: AG1383
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
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