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Macon County Courthouse Tower - Tuskegee, AL - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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Macon County Courthouse Tower - Tuskegee, AL
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Posted by:
xptwo
N 32° 25.485 W 085° 41.462
16S E 623070 N 3588271
The Clock Tower of the Macon County Courthouse in downtown Tuskegee is listed as tower mark with PID CM2288.
Waymark Code:
WMFC6M
Location:
Alabama, United States
Date Posted:
09/26/2012
Published By:
NW_history_buff
Views:
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While planning a visit to the waymarks in Tuskegee, I decided to check out the local benchmarks. This clock tower was one of the ones listed. The only information on the geocaching benchmark page was the initial 1943 observation. As a frame of reference, by 1943, the U. S. Army had established flight schools for African Americans in the area. Those pilots and crews are now known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
The description from the Datasheet is:
01/01/1943 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (GWL) THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF TUSKEGEE, AT THE N SIDE OF THE SQUARE, 82 FEET N OF AN E-W STREET AND 111 FEET E OF THE CENTER OF STATE HIGHWAY 81. IT IS OF TAN BRICK CONSTRUCTION, HAVING A CLOCK ON FOUR SIDES. IT IS ABOUT 120 FEET HIGH. THE POINT OBSERVED UPON WAS THE APEX OF THE TOWER.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
TUSKEGEE CO CTHSE CLOCK TOWER
Benchmark Agency:
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
Spire
County:
Macon
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Tuskegee
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:
CM2288
Benchmark Agency (if other):
Not listed
Monumentation type (if other):
Not listed
Special category (optional):
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Special Category (if other):
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Local database's URL (optional):
Not listed
Visit Instructions:
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A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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