
Water Tower - Charleston MO
Posted by:
PeterNoG
N 36° 54.668 W 089° 20.618
16S E 291213 N 4087579
This Water Tower is at South Chestnut Street and Gates Street in Charleston, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMDFQ8
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2012
Views: 6
The water tower is also a benchmark -
GD1595
1977/01/01 by NGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1977 (LHW) THE STATION IS THE TOP CENTER OF THE CHARLESTON INDUSTRIAL PARK WATER TANK WHICH IS OWNED BY THE OZARKS REGIONAL COMMISSION AND IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF CHARLESTON, 49 FEET SOUTH OF THE PROJECTED CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL DRIVE AND 77 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER OF SOUTH CHESTNUT STREET. THE TANK HAS A DOME SHAPED TOP AND A HEMISPHERICAL BOTTOM AND IS SUPPORTED BY 5 TUBULAR STEEL LEGS. IT IS LIGHT GREEN IN COLOR AND HAS AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF ABOUT 140 FEET.
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