Water Tower - Norton KS
Posted by: PeterNoG
N 39° 50.252 W 099° 53.688
14S E 423438 N 4410108
This Water Tower is at Warsaw Street and Jones Avenue in Norton, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMJ5WW
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2013
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The water tower is also a benchmark -
KG0827
1950/01/01 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RLE) THE STATION IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST EDGE OF NORTON. IT IS 325 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF U.S. HIGHWAY 36, 200 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTON, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND 180 FEET WEST OF NORTH JONES STREET. IT IS A 6 LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE SUPPORTING THE TANK PROPER AND HAS AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF ABOUT 150 FEET. IT IS SILVER IN COLOR AND HAS THE LETTERING NORTON ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES. THE POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS THE BALL AT THE APEX OF THE TANK.