Pike County High School Standpipe (BT2173) - Brundidge, AL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member xptwo
N 31° 43.377 W 085° 48.762
16R E 612486 N 3510340
This water tank is located at a high point in Brundidge, Alabama, south of Troy. The area is listed as a park on the map.
Waymark Code: WMH2E8
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
Views: 2

We reached the area from Nassau Street, between Railroad Street and Boyd Street. The tower is easily seen and approached across the grass.

The 1943 description from the datasheet reads:

01/01/1943 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (GWL) THE STATION IS THE TOP OF THE APEX OF THE PIKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STANDPIPE. IT IS A CYLINDRICAL STANDPIPE PAINTED ALUMINUM COLOR ABOUT 60 FEET HIGH. IT IS LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF BRUNDIDGE ON A HILL KNOWN LOCALLY AS HIGH SCHOOL HILL. A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE TO TRIANGULATION STATION BRUNDIDGE.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: BRUNDIDGE PIKE COUNTY HS SPIPE

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Standpipe Tank

County: Pike

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Brundidge

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: BT2173

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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