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"NASHVILLE OLD PO BLDG CLOCKTWR" - Customs House in Nashville, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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"NASHVILLE OLD PO BLDG CLOCKTWR" - Customs House in Nashville, TN
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Posted by:
CuriousBM
N 36° 09.536 W 086° 46.885
16S E 519660 N 4001598
The Customs House in Nashville, TN
Waymark Code:
WMPC7E
Location:
Tennessee, United States
Date Posted:
08/07/2015
Published By:
Ernmark
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01/01/1934 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
01/01/1949 by AMS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY US ARMY MAP SERVICE (NOW DMA) 1949 (EAR) NO PREVIOUS DESCRIPTION STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
01/01/1953 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (ELJ) STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION, AN ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS- STATION IS THE FINIAL OF THE CLOCK TOWER ATOP THE OLD POST OFFICE BUILDING WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROADWAY BETWEEN 7TH. AND 8TH. AVENUES SOUTH, NEAR THE CENTER OF NASHVILLE. IT IS A LIMESTONE STRUCTURE WITH A SQUARE LIMESTONE CLOCK TOWER ATOP, THE TOWER EXTENDS ABOUT 75 FEET ABOVE THE MAIN BUILDING THEN SLOPES RATHER SHARPLY TO AN APEX AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THERE IS AN ORNATE STRUCTURE AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER. THE NAME OF THE STATION WAS CHANGED TO NASHVILLE, OLD POST OFFICE BLDG. CLOCK TOWER.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
NASHVILLE OLD PO BLDG CLOCKTWR
Benchmark Agency:
National Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
other (not any of the below)
County:
Nashville
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Nashville West (1983)
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Not listed
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NGS PID:
GC2269
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