GX1086 - Kanawha Street - Beckley, WV
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N 37° 46.610 W 081° 11.239
17S E 483504 N 4181071
This BM is set vertically in the northeast face of the Sailors and Soldiers Memorial Building at the corner of South Kanawha Street at Home St in Beckley, WV.
Waymark Code: WMFENW
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2012
Views: 4
Location: In RALEIGH county, WV
Designation: H 41
Marker Type: Bench mark disk
Setting: massive structures
Stability: Probably hold position/elevation well.
Documented History (by the NGS)
01/01/1935 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
01/01/1960 by NGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 AT BECKLEY. AT BECKLEY, ABOUT 0.15 MILE SOUTHEAST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 3 FROM THE COURTHOUSE, AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH KANAHWA AND HOWE STREETS, 19 1/2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST CURB OF SOUTH KANAHWA STREET, 22 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF HOWE STREET, SET VERTICALLY IN THE NORTHEAST FACE OF THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS MEMORIAL BUILDING (HOUSING THE PUBLIC LIBRARY), 1.8 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE EAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, AND 4 FEET ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SIDEWALK.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: H 41
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Benchmark Agency (if other): N/A
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
Monumentation type (if other): N/A
County: Raleigh
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Beckley
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): N/A
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: GX1086
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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