CC 470 - Libby, MT
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N 48° 23.921 W 115° 33.633
11U E 606545 N 5361614
Figure out where the Libby Station used to be, then go .6 miles west from there, or...
Waymark Code: WMKXBQ
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2014
Views: 3
...head west on 2nd Street West until you see the railway tracks, then the little bridge, on your right. BM is in the southeast corner of the bridge.
From the NGS:
DESIGNATION - CC 470
PID - TN0343
STATE/COUNTY- MT/LINCOLN
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - LIBBY (1983)
MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 36 = SET IN A MASSIVE STRUCTURE
SP_SET: BRIDGE
STAMPING: CC 470 1944
STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - July 19, 2010
MARKER: DB = BENCH MARK DISK
SETTING: 36 = SET IN A MASSIVE STRUCTURE
SP_SET: BRIDGE
STAMPING: CC 470 1944
STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL
SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - July 19, 2010
HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
HISTORY - 1944 MONUMENTED CGS
HISTORY - 1971 GOOD BPR
HISTORY - 1980 GOOD NGS
HISTORY - 20021107 GOOD BPA
HISTORY - 20100719 GOOD EISENB
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1944
0.6 MI W FROM LIBBY.
0.6 MILE WEST ALONG THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM THE STATION AT
LIBBY, LINCOLN COUNTY, AT BALLAST DECK BRIDGE NO. 189, IN THE TOP OF
THE EAST END OF THE SOUTH HEADWALL, 7 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH RAIL OF
THE MAIN TRACK, 0.5 FOOT SOUTHEAST OF THE EAST CORNER POST OF THE
GUARDRAIL, AND 0.5 FOOT BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE RAIL. AN IRON
BENCH-MARK DISK, STAMPED CC 470 1944.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: CC 470 1944
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Lincoln County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): LIBBY
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: TN0343
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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