HB0357 - R129
Posted by: trailhound1
N 37° 05.592 W 088° 36.768
16S E 356669 N 4106428
A US COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY STANDARD DISK CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE SET IN THE TOP OF SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE MOST EASTERLY OF FOUR ABANDONED CONCRETE FOOTINGS
Waymark Code: WMBX3B
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 06/29/2011
Views: 2
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 1 MI W FROM PADUCAH. ABOUT 0.1 MILE NORTHWEST ALONG NORTH 5TH STREET FROM THE POST OFFICE AT PADUCAH, THENCE 0.2 MILE SOUTHWEST ALONG JEFFERSON STREET, THENCE 0.85 MILES NORTHWEST ALONG 8TH STREET WHICH IS THE BUSINESS ROUTE FOR U.S. HIGHWAY 45. 190 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE STREET, 34 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF BURNETTE STREET, SET IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE MOST EASTERLY OF FOUR ABANDONED CONCRETE FOOTINGS, 74 1/2 FEET NORTHWEST AND ACROSS BURNETTE STREET FROM THE NORTHWEST BRICK WALL OF THE WEST BUILDING MATERIALS COMPANY, 90 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTH CORNER OF A CONCRETE BLOCK BUILDING, 39 1/2 FEET SOUTH OF THE MORE SOUTHERLY OF TWO COTTONWOOD TREES, ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND, AND ABOUT 3 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE STREETS.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: R129 1946
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: McCracken
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Paducah East
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: HB0357
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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