EG1552 Tupelo North Municipal Tank -- Tupelo MS
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N 34° 16.065 W 088° 42.479
16S E 342759 N 3793164
The Tupelo North Municipal Tank, NGS benchmark EG1552
Waymark Code: WMWYHJ
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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The Tupelo North Municipal Tank is located along North Greene Street near Glenwood Cemetery in Tupelo MS.

From the NGS Datasheet:

"EG1552 DESIGNATION - TUPELO NORTH MUN TANK
EG1552 PID - EG1552
EG1552 STATE/COUNTY- MS/LEE
EG1552 USGS QUAD - TUPELO (1982)
EG1552
EG1552 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
EG1552 ___________________________________________________________________
EG1552* NAD 83(1993)- 34 16 03.90184(N) 088 42 28.76255(W) ADJUSTED
EG1552* NAVD 88 -
EG1552 __________________________________________________________________
EG1552
EG1552_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
EG1552
EG1552 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
EG1552 HISTORY - 1967 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
EG1552
EG1552 STATION DESCRIPTION
EG1552
EG1552''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (LMC)
EG1552''THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE NORTH PART OF TUPELO AND ABOUT 100 FEET
EG1552''WEST OF NORTH
EG1552''GREEN STREET.
EG1552''
EG1552''TO REACH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH GREEN STREET AND EAST JACKSON
EG1552''STREET IN THE
EG1552''NORTH PART OF TUPELO, GO NORTH ON NORTH GREEN STREET
EG1552''FOR 0.2 MILE TO THE STATION ON
EG1552''THE LEFT.
EG1552''
EG1552''THE TANK IS A STEEL STRUCTURE, SILVER IN COLOR, SUPPORTED BY TWELVE
EG1552''CYLINDRICAL STEEL
EG1552''LEGS AND IT IS ABOUT 145 FEET HIGH.
EG1552''
EG1552''POINT INTERSECTED IS THE VENT ATOP AND CENTER OF THE TANK.
EG1552''
EG1552''THE TUPELO DEPARTMENT OF WATER DESIGNATION FOR THIS TANK IS MILLION
EG1552''GALLON TANK."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: Elevated Tank

County: Lee Co MS

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Tupelo

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: EG1552

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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