SY0557 - B 459
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Cool Cow Cachers
N 47° 11.400 W 122° 16.950
10T E 554354 N 5226528
A NGS survey disk set in the pier of the southbound Highway 512 overpass along Pioneer Avenue. It is along the north side of the pier facing the railroad tracks.
Waymark Code: WMDHDP
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1973
0.5 MI E FROM PUYALLUP. 0.5 MILE EAST ALONG THE BURLINGTON-NORTHERN RAILROAD FROM THE CROSSING OF SOUTH MERIDIAN STREET AT PUYALLUP, AT THE WEST ONE OF TWO STATE HIGHWAY 512 OVERPASSES, SET VERTICALLY IN THE NORTH FACE OF THE FIRST CONCRETE PIER SOUTH OF THE TRACKS, 31.9 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL OF THE SOUTH MAIN TRACK, 3/5 FEET EAST OF THE WEST END OF A PIER, AND ABOUT 3 FEET HIGHER THAN THE TRACK AND 4.5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
SECTION, T 20N, R 4E.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: B 459

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Pierce

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): PUYALLUP (1994)

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: SY0557

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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