USCGS HH0880 ~ ENSIGN MUN WATER TANK
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 37° 39.245 W 100° 13.826
14S E 391463 N 4168147
This surveyor's mark is the finial at the peak of the older-style water tower located on the south side of US Highway 56 (Bent Street) on the east side of Lamed Street in Ensign, Kansas.
Waymark Code: WMFE20
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 10/04/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (HWK)
THE STATION IS THE FINIAL ATOP THE 110-FOOT HIGH, SILVER COLORED WATER TANK, ABOUT 200 FEET SOUTH OF U. S. HIGHWAY 56 IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE TOWN OF ENSIGN. IT IS SUPPORTED BY A FOUR-LEGGED STEEL STRUCTURE AND HAS ENSIGN PAINTED IN BLACK LETTERS ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE TANK.

The conical top of the tank has been painted light green and the finial has been replaced by a ventilator.

Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: -blank-

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Benchmark Agency (if other): None

Monumentation type: Elevated Tank

Monumentation type (if other): None

County: Gray

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): ENSIGN (1969)

Special Category (if other): None

Find type: Found by luck/skill/knowledge

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]

NGS PID: HH0880

Special category (optional): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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