NASHVILLE TV Station WSM - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

01/01/1959 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (CAA) THE STATION IS LOCATED ON TOP OF A PROMINENT HILL ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE CENTER OF NASHVILLE AND 0.4 MILE SOUTH OF CHARLOTTE ROAD (U.S. HIGHWAY 70). IT IS A 4-LEGGED STEEL TRUSS STRUCTURE SUPPORTED BY MANY GUY CABLES, IS PAINTED ALTERNATELY RED AND WHITE, HAS RED FLASHING LIGHT THROUGHOUT ITS HEIGHT AND AN OVERALL HEIGHT OF 1368 FEET. THE FLASHING RED LIGHT 1.0 FOOT BELOW THE TOP OF THE MAST WAS THE POINT OBSERVED UPON. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE WEST STATION POST OFFICE AT 4507 CHARLOTTE ROAD IN NASHVILLE, GO WEST AND SOUTHWEST ON CHARLOTTE ROAD (U.S. HIGHWAY 70) FOR 1.9 MILES TO WATTS LANE ON THE LEFT, TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON WATTS LANE FOR 0.4 MILE TO A LOCKED GATE AND THE STATION ABOUT 100 YARDS SOUTH.

01/01/1970 by NGS (GOOD)

RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1970 (WMJ) THE STATION WAS VISITED 5/70 AND RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN 1959.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: NASHVILLE TV STA WSM NEW MAST Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Radio/TV Mast County: Nashville, TN USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Nashville West (1983) Special category (optional): Not listed 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: GC2277 Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link] Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed

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