DELTA WEST BASE AZ MK - Ohio
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member shorbird
N 41° 32.703 W 083° 59.936
17T E 249860 N 4603609
This is the azimuth mark for station DELTA WEST BASE. The azimuth mark is in Swan Creek Township, Fulton County.
Waymark Code: WM8MX3
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GEO*Trailblazer 1
Views: 20

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (APR) STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 1.3 MILES S OF THE TOWN OF DELTA ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE WABASH RAILROAD. IT IS ABOUT 125 YARDS E OF STATE HIGHWAY 109, 54 FEET N OF THE ( RAIL OF THE TRACKS, 43 FEET S OF THE N RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCELINE AND 4.4 FEET S OF A STANDARD REFERENCE POST. THE DISK IS STAMPED DELTA WEST BASE 1943. SURFACE, UNDERGROUND, REFERENCE AND AZIMUTH MARKS ARE BRONZE DISKS SET IN CONCRETE. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 126.88 FEET NE OF THE STATION IN THE N RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCELINE. THE DISK IS STAMPED DELTA WEST BASE NO 1 1943. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 134.56 FEET NW OF THE STATION IN THE N RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCELINE. THE DISK IS STAMPED DELTA WEST BASE NO 2 1943. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS APPROXIMATELY 0.8 MILE S OF THE STATION. IT IS 39 FEET N OF AN E-W TAR ROAD, 13.8 FEET W OF A N-S FENCE, I.4 FEET E OF A STANDARD REFERENCE POST AND 1.4 FEET S OF A 1-STRAND ELECTRIC FENCE. THE DISK IS STAMPED DELTA WEST BASE 1943. TO REACH AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO S ON STATE HIGHWAY 109 FOR 0.75 MILE TO A FORK, TAKE THE LEFT FORK LEAVING HIGHWAY 109 AND GO E FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE LEFT. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20 AND STATE HIGHWAY 109 IN DELTA, GO S ON HIGHWAY 109 FOR 1.3 MILES TO THE WABASH RAILROAD CROSSING, TURN LEFT AND FOLLOW ALONG THE N SIDE OF THE TRACKS FOR ABOUT 125 YARDS TO THE STATION AS DESCRIBED.
Azimuth Condition: Good

Your Directions:
From the intersection of State Highways 2 and 109 in Delta at Main and Madison Streets, go south on State Highway 109 for about 2 miles to a crossroad. Turn left on Fulton County Road E and go east for about 0.15 mile to the azimuth mark on the left in the front yard of house number 7020. The mark is in a landscaped shrubbery bed, 29.5 feet east of the center line of a concrete driveway leading north to house number 7020, and 15.8 feet northwest of an unnumbered power pole.


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Parking Coords: Not Listed

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