WEAVER AZ MK - Ohio
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shorbird
N 40° 40.020 W 081° 45.901
17T E 435337 N 4502073
This is the azimuth mark for triangulation station WEAVER, in Salt Creek Township, Holmes County. It is in poor condition, with the disk missing and the stem intact.
Waymark Code: WMD7GJ
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2011
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (WER) THE STATION IS ABOUT 6-3/4 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF FREDRICKSBURG, 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOUNT EATON, IN SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP, IN SECTION 25, T-15-N, R-12-W, AND ON LAND OWNED BY MR. BEN WEAVER. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 250 AND STATE HIGHWAY 241 IN MOUNT EATON, GO SOUTHWESTERLY ON HIGHWAY 241 FOR 4.5 MILES TO THE CROSSROAD JUNCTION OF TOWNSHIP ROAD 652 AT A SMALL CHEESE FACTORY ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW ROUTE 652 FOR 0.6 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT. STATION MARKS ARE STANDARD DISKS STAMPED WEAVER 1959. THE SURFACE DISK IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. IT IS 65 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST LEG OF A F.A.A. COMMUNICATIONS RADIO TOWER, 34 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF TOWNSHIP ROAD 652, 28 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FENCE AROUND A GRAVEYARD, AND 23 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE FENCE AROUND THE GRAVEYARD. A STANDARD WITNESS POST WAS SET 2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE MARK. THE UNDERGROUND DISK IS SET IN AN IRREGULAR MASS OF CONCRETE 32 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED WEAVER NO 1 1959, IS SET IN A DRILL HOLE IN THE CONCRETE STEP AT THE F.A.A. COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING. IT IS 48 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF TOWNSHIP ROAD 652, 16 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST LEG OF THE F.A.A. COMMUNICATIONS TOWER, AND IS IN THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE THIRD STEP. REFERENCE MARK NO. 2, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED WEAVER NO 2 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 6 INCHES. IT IS 18 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ROAD 652, 7 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF A TRACK ROAD WHICH LEADS WEST INTO THE WOODS, AND IS IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FENCE AROUND THE GRAVEYARD. AZIMUTH MARK, A STANDARD DISK STAMPED WEAVER 1959, IS SET IN A SQUARE CONCRETE POST WHICH PROJECTS 8 INCHES. IT IS 133 FEET SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 229 AND TOWNSHIP ROAD 652, 12-1/2 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF ROAD 652, AND IS IN THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY FENCELINE. A STANDARD WITNESS POST WAS SET 2 FEET NORTH OF THE MARK. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO NORTH ON TOWNSHIP ROAD 652 FOR 0.35 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE RIGHT.
Azimuth Condition: Unreadable
Your Directions:
TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 250 AND STATE HIGHWAY 241 IN MOUNT EATON, GO SOUTHWESTERLY ON HIGHWAY 241 FOR 4.5 MILES TO THE CROSSROAD JUNCTION OF TOWNSHIP ROAD 652 AT A SMALL CHEESE FACTORY ON THE RIGHT. TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW ROUTE 652 FOR 0.95 MILE TO THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT.
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Parking Coords: Not Listed
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