DG2763 Atlanta Sears Store Flag Pole -- Atlanta GA
N 33° 46.385 W 084° 21.932
16S E 743965 N 3740115
The flagpole on the landmark former Sears store at 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE is an NGS benchmark
Waymark Code: WMWNQ0
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2017
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This former Sears store is a landmark along Ponce de Leon Ave NE, now renovated and reborn as the Ponce City Market. The benchmark flagpole still stands tall on the top of the building.
From the NGS datasheet: (
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"DG2763 DESIGNATION - ATLANTA SEARS STORE FLAG POLE
DG2763 PID - DG2763
DG2763 STATE/COUNTY- GA/FULTON
DG2763 USGS QUAD - NORTHEAST ATLANTA (1997)
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DG2763 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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DG2763* NAD 83(1994)- 33 46 23.10737(N) 084 21 55.93563(W) ADJUSTED
DG2763* NAVD 88 -
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DG2763_MARKER: 62 = FLAGPOLE
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DG2763 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
DG2763 HISTORY - 1969 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
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DG2763 STATION DESCRIPTION
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DG2763''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1969 (LFS)
DG2763''THE FLAG POLE ATOP THE SEARS STORE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
DG2763''PONCE DELEON AVE., BETWEEN GLEN IRIS DRIVE AND THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
DG2763''OVERPASS. THE POINT OBSERVED WAS THE BASE OF THE POLE."