SHIPLEY - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY 1973 (JCS) SHIPLEY IS A N. C. GEODETIC SURVEY TRAVERSE STATION ESTABLISHED IN THE VICINITY OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. SHIPLEY IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 5.1 MILES SSW OF ASHEVILLE, AND 2.8 MILES ESE OF ENKA. STATION IS LOCATED AT THE NC 191 OVERPASS OF I-26, ON TOP OF BANK IN NW QUADRANT OF INTERSECTION, AND ON PROJECTION OF NE FENCE AROUND SHIPLEYS CARRIAGE FURNITURE STORE. STATION MARK IS A STANDARD N. C. BRASS TRAVERSE DISK, STAMPED SHIPLEY 1973, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE CYLINDER, THE TOP OF WHICH IS 1 INCH BELOW THE GROUND. MARK IS 49.4 FT NNW OF C/L NC 191 41.7 FT WNW OF NW CORNER OF OVERPASS BRIDGE 11.9 FT ENE OF CORNER FENCE POST WITH ALUMINUM REF. TAG 67.3 FT NE OF FIRE HYDRANT

There is also a geocache nearby: GCYT8Q Near Shipley's BM

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: SHIPLEY Benchmark Agency: Not listed Monumentation type: TRAVERSE STATION Disk County: Buncombe County 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] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed NGS PID: Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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