GX1084 - Main Street - Beckley WV
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 37° 46.630 W 081° 11.246
17S E 483494 N 4181108
Mounted on top of the Water table, under a historic marker about the Attar Center at the corner of Main Street, and Fayette St in Beckley, WV.
Waymark Code: WMFEP4
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
Views: 6

Location: In RALEIGH county, WV
Designation: C 53 X
Marker Type: bench mark disk
Setting: massive structures
Stability: Probably hold position/elevation well.

Documented History (by the NGS)
Unknown by CGS (MONUMENTED)

01/01/1960 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 AT BECKLEY. AT BECKLEY, IN THE SOUTHWEST ANGLE OF FAYETTE AND MAIN STREET, IN THE TOP OF STONE WATER TABLE OF BUILDING FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY BECKLEY NATIONAL BANK, 14 FEET SOUTH OF SOUTH CURB OF MAIN STREET, 10 FEET WEST OF WEST CURB LINE OF FAYETTE, 2.4 FEET WEST OF NORTHEAST CORNER OF BUILDING AND 3.2 FEET ABOVE LEVEL OF SIDE WALK.



Monumentation type and Benchmark Agency are not listed on the disc. Values supplied in the optional data are from the Data Steet. (visit link)
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: C 53 X

Benchmark Agency: other (not included below)

Benchmark Agency (if other): CGS

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

Monumentation type (if other): N/A

County: Raleigh

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Beckley

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): None

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: GX1084

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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