"Negley" Triangulation Station - Nahsville, TN - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

1/1/1959 by CGS (MONUMENTED)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (CAA) THE STATION IS LOCATED IN FORT NEGLEY PARK ABOUT 1-1/2 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE NASHVILLE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING AND IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INNER WALL OF THE FORT. TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF EIGHTH AVE. S. AND BROADWAY, GO SOUTHERLY ON EIGHTH AVE. S. FOR 1.05 MILES TO OLYMPIC ST., TURN LEFT AND GO EAST ON OLYMPIC ST. FOR 0.1 MILE TO RIDLEY BLVD., CONTINUE ACROSS RIDLEY BLVD. AND INTO THE ENTRANCE OF THE FORT NEGLEY PARK, KEEP LEFT FORK GOING AROUND THE WEST AND NORTH SIDE OF THE HILL FOR 0.25 MILE TO A WIDE PLACE IN THE ROAD AND A TRACK ROAD RIGHT, TURN SHARP RIGHT AND GO UP HILL FOR 0.05 MILE TO A FORK AT THE TOP OF HILL AND STATION SITE ON THE LEFT ABOUT 75 FEET. THE STATION MARK IS A STANDARD STATION DISK STAMPED NEGLEY 1959. THE DISK IS CEMENTED IN A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 11 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE FORTS INNER WALL, 11 FEET WEST OF THE EAST EDGE OF THE FORTS INNER WALL AND 8 FEET SOUTH OF A WITNESS SIGN. THE UNDERGROUND STATION MARK IS A STANDARD STATION DISK, SET ABOUT 36 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND AND IS STAMPED NEGLEY 1959. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS A STANDARD REFERENCE DISK STAMPED NEGLEY NO. 1 1959. THE DISK IS CEMENTED IN A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS PLACED ON THE EASTERN INNER WALL OF THE FORT, 9 FEET WEST OF THE EAST EDGE OF THE INNER WALL AND 6 FEET EAST OF THE WEST EDGE OF THE INNER WALL. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A STANDARD REFERENCE DISK STAMPED NEGLEY NO. 2 1959. THE DISK IS CEMENTED IN A 10-INCH SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS PLACED ON THE NORTHERN INNER WALL OF THE FORT, 12 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE INNER WALL AND 4 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE INNER WALL. NO AZIMUTH MARK WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THIS STATION, AS THERE WAS NO SUITABLE LOCATION FOUND. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 14.3 METERS.

1/1/1960 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 AT NASHVILLE. THE STATION IS LOCATED IN FORT NEGLEY PARK ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING AND IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INNER WALL OF THE FORT. TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF EIGHTH AVE. S. AND BROADWAY, GO SOUTHERLY ON EIGHTH AVE. S. FOR 1.05 MILES TO OLYMPIC ST., TURN LEFT AND GO EAST ON OLYMPIC ST. FOR 0.1 MILE TO RIDLEY BLVD. CONTINUE ACROSS RIDLEY BLVD. AND INTO THE ENTRANCE OF THE FORT NEGLEY PARK, KEEP LEFT FORK GOING AROUND THE WEST AND NORTH SIDE OF THE HILL FOR 0.25 MILE TO A WIDE PLACE IN THE ROAD AND A TRACK ROAD RIGHT, TURN SHARP RIGHT AND GO UP HILL FOR 0.05 MILE TO A FORK AT THE TOP OF HILL, AND THE STATION SITE ON THE LEFT ABOUT 75 FT.. THE STATION MARK IS 11 FT. SOUTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE FORTS INNER WALL, 11 FT. WEST OF THE EAST EDGE OF THE FORTS INNER WALL AND 8 FT. SOUTH OF A WITNESS SIGN, IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: NEGLEY Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk County: Nashville, TN USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Nashville West (1983) Special category (optional): Not listed 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: GC0653 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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