CM2291 Tuskegee Negro Vet Hosp Tank -- Tuskegee AL - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

A tank on board the hospital campus now known as VA Central Alabama East Campus at Tuskegee AL (formerly the Tuskegee Negro Veterans Hospital) is an NGS benchmark.

From the Datasheet:

"CM2291 DESIGNATION - TUSKEGEE NEGRO VET HOSP TANK
CM2291 PID - CM2291
CM2291 STATE/COUNTY- AL/MACON
CM2291 USGS QUAD - TUSKEGEE (1983)
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CM2291 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
CM2291 ___________________________________________________________________
CM2291* NAD 83(1992)- 32 26 47.30587(N) 085 42 50.78709(W) ADJUSTED
CM2291* NAVD 88 -
CM2291 ___________________________________________________________________
CM2291 LAPLACE CORR- 1.02 (seconds) DEFLEC99
CM2291 GEOID HEIGHT- -28.21 (meters) GEOID99
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CM2291 HORZ ORDER - THIRD
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CM2291.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
CM2291.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in December 1992.
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CM2291.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
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CM2291.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
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CM2291; North East Units Scale Converg.
CM2291;SPC AL E - 215,818.136 211,210.642 MT 0.99996155 +0 03 50.3
CM2291;UTM 16 - 3,590,653.478 620,871.507 MT 0.99978016 +0 41 23.9
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CM2291 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
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CM2291 NAD 83(1986)- 32 26 47.31596(N) 085 42 50.78742(W) AD( ) 4
CM2291 NAD 27 - 32 26 46.81500(N) 085 42 50.95400(W) AD( ) 3
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CM2291.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
CM2291.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
CM2291.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
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CM2291_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
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CM2291 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
CM2291 HISTORY - 1943 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
CM2291 HISTORY - 1959 GOOD CGS
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CM2291 STATION DESCRIPTION
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CM2291''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (GWL)
CM2291''THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2-1/2 MILES NW OF THE
CM2291''CITY OF TUSKEGEE, ON THE NEGRO VETERANS HOSPITAL GROUNDS. IT IS
CM2291''A BOWL PAINTED RED AND WHITE SUPPORTED BY A FOUR-LEGGED STEEL
CM2291''STRUCTURE. IT IS ABOUT 150 FEET HIGH. THE POINT OBSERVED UPON
CM2291''WAS THE APEX OF THE BOWL.
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CM2291 STATION RECOVERY (1959)
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CM2291''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (LFV)
CM2291''INTERSECTION STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. DESCRIPTION
CM2291''ADEQUATE AND CORRECT EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING. TANK WAS ERECTED
CM2291''ABOUT 1927 AND IS SUPPORTED BY 6 STEEL LEGS NOT 4 AS GIVEN IN
CM2291''DESCRIPTION. ANOTHER TANK ERECTED ABOUT 1949 IS LOCATED A LITTLE
CM2291''NORTHWEST OF STATION. THIS TANK IS ALSO PAINTED RED AND WHITE
CM2291''BUT IS SLIGHTLY LOWER IN HEIGHT, MORE OVAL IN SHAPE AND
CM2291''SUPPORTED BY 6 ROUND STEEL LEGS."

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Elevated Tank County: Macon Co. AL USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Tuskegee 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: CM2291 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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