KF1059 ~ MANHATTAN MUNICIPAL TANK
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brwhiz
N 39° 10.699 W 096° 35.716
14S E 707718 N 4339319
This survey mark is the large municipal water tower located on the grounds of the Sunset Zoo at 2333 Oak Street in Manhattan, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMGEHB
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2013
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (CEO)
LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST PART OF MANHATTAN, AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SUNSET ZOO, 1/4 MILE WEST OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, AN 8-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE WHICH SUPPORTS A LARGE OVAL SHAPED TANK, PAINTED WHITE WITH MANHATTAN PAINTED ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE OF TANK, ABOUT 150 FEET HIGH.
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (CAA)
THE MANHATTAN MUNICIPAL TANK IS A HEMISPHERICAL SHAPED STEEL WATER TANK WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY EIGHT STEEL LEGS, PAINTED WHITE AND HAS THE LETTERING MANHATTAN PAINTED IN BLACK ON THE EAST SIDE AND IS ABOUT 136 FEET HIGH. IT IS LOCATED ON HIGH GROUND IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF MANHATTAN AND JUST NORTH OF THE SUNSET ZOO. THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE APEX OF THE TANK.
Tank and legs are now painted white with the Sunset Zoo logo in black on the southeast and southwest faces and the Manhattan city logo in red and blue on the northwest face.