GW2230 - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

DESCRIBED BY LOCAL ENGINEER (INDIVIDUAL OR FIRM) 1958 TO REACH FROM THE PATRICK HENRY HOTEL IN ROANOKE, GO S ON S JEFFERSON STREET FOR 0.55 MILE TO TRAFFIC LIGHT AND A SIGN READING MILL MOUNTAIN, THEN TURN LEFT ON E WALNUT STREET OVER LARGE CONCRETE BRIDGE AND GO FOR 0.7 MILE AND MAKE SHARP-RIGHT HAND TURN. CONTINUE FOR 1.3 MILES PAST TOLL GATE TO END OF CONCRETE ROAD AND FORKS OF ROAD. TAKE EITHER ROAD FOR 0.15 MILE TO OBSERVATION TOWER AND STATION ROANOKE. STATION ROANOKE IS IN 4- BY 4-FOOT ROCK OUTCROP PROTRUDING ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE GROUND, ABOUT 80 FEET E OF INTERSECTION OF ROADS, AND 16.58 METERS S OF THE SE CORNER OF CONCRETE FOUNDATION OF OBSERVATION TOWER. CITY OF ROANOKE BENCH MARK WAS SET IN A DRILL HOLE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE LARGE CENTER FOUNDATION AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STAR SUPPORT, 2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE THIRD LEG FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER. A BRONZE DISK NOT STAMPED.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: BM Benchmark Agency: other (not included below) Benchmark Agency (if other): City of Roanoke Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk County: Roanoke USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Roanoke Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: GW2230 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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