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CM2291 Tuskegee Negro Vet Hosp Tank -- Tuskegee AL - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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CM2291 Tuskegee Negro Vet Hosp Tank -- Tuskegee AL
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N 32° 26.788 W 085° 42.846
16S E 620872 N 3590653
The tank on board the VA Medical Center at Tuskegee (formerly known during the Jim Crow era as the Tuskegee Negro Veteran's Hospital) is a US benchmark
Waymark Code:
WMWHKF
Location:
Alabama, United States
Date Posted:
09/07/2017
Published By:
NW_history_buff
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A tank on board the hospital campus now known as VA Central Alabama East Campus at Tuskegee AL (formerly the Tuskegee Negro Veterans Hospital) is an NGS benchmark.
From the Datasheet:
"CM2291 DESIGNATION - TUSKEGEE NEGRO VET HOSP TANK
CM2291 PID - CM2291
CM2291 STATE/COUNTY- AL/MACON
CM2291 USGS QUAD - TUSKEGEE (1983)
CM2291
CM2291 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
CM2291 ___________________________________________________________________
CM2291* NAD 83(1992)- 32 26 47.30587(N) 085 42 50.78709(W) ADJUSTED
CM2291* NAVD 88 -
CM2291 ___________________________________________________________________
CM2291 LAPLACE CORR- 1.02 (seconds) DEFLEC99
CM2291 GEOID HEIGHT- -28.21 (meters) GEOID99
CM2291
CM2291 HORZ ORDER - THIRD
CM2291
CM2291.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
CM2291.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in December 1992.
CM2291
CM2291
CM2291.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
CM2291
CM2291.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
CM2291
CM2291; North East Units Scale Converg.
CM2291;SPC AL E - 215,818.136 211,210.642 MT 0.99996155 +0 03 50.3
CM2291;UTM 16 - 3,590,653.478 620,871.507 MT 0.99978016 +0 41 23.9
CM2291
CM2291 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
CM2291
CM2291 NAD 83(1986)- 32 26 47.31596(N) 085 42 50.78742(W) AD( ) 4
CM2291 NAD 27 - 32 26 46.81500(N) 085 42 50.95400(W) AD( ) 3
CM2291
CM2291.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
CM2291.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
CM2291.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
CM2291
CM2291_MARKER: 53 = ELEVATED TANK
CM2291
CM2291 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
CM2291 HISTORY - 1943 FIRST OBSERVED CGS
CM2291 HISTORY - 1959 GOOD CGS
CM2291
CM2291 STATION DESCRIPTION
CM2291
CM2291''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1943 (GWL)
CM2291''THIS INTERSECTION STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 2-1/2 MILES NW OF THE
CM2291''CITY OF TUSKEGEE, ON THE NEGRO VETERANS HOSPITAL GROUNDS. IT IS
CM2291''A BOWL PAINTED RED AND WHITE SUPPORTED BY A FOUR-LEGGED STEEL
CM2291''STRUCTURE. IT IS ABOUT 150 FEET HIGH. THE POINT OBSERVED UPON
CM2291''WAS THE APEX OF THE BOWL.
CM2291
CM2291 STATION RECOVERY (1959)
CM2291
CM2291''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (LFV)
CM2291''INTERSECTION STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. DESCRIPTION
CM2291''ADEQUATE AND CORRECT EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING. TANK WAS ERECTED
CM2291''ABOUT 1927 AND IS SUPPORTED BY 6 STEEL LEGS NOT 4 AS GIVEN IN
CM2291''DESCRIPTION. ANOTHER TANK ERECTED ABOUT 1949 IS LOCATED A LITTLE
CM2291''NORTHWEST OF STATION. THIS TANK IS ALSO PAINTED RED AND WHITE
CM2291''BUT IS SLIGHTLY LOWER IN HEIGHT, MORE OVAL IN SHAPE AND
CM2291''SUPPORTED BY 6 ROUND STEEL LEGS."
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
-blank-
Benchmark Agency:
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
Elevated Tank
County:
Macon Co. AL
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
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NGS PID:
CM2291
Benchmark Agency (if other):
Not listed
Monumentation type (if other):
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Special category (optional):
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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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