NGS Benchmark SS0605 Great Falls MT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ZenPanda
N 47° 32.086 W 111° 12.173
12T E 484730 N 5264613
Located near the tracks at the end of a bridge over the Missouri River.
Waymark Code: WM1A1X
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member seventhings
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1/1/1945 by GNRR (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY GREAT NORTHERN RAILROAD 1945 5.6 MI NE FROM GREAT FALLS. 5.6 MILES NORTHEAST ALONG THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM THE STATION AT GREAT FALLS, CASCADE COUNTY, AT BRIDGE 113.5 OVER MISSOURI RIVER, IN THE TOP OF THE SOUTH WING WALL OF THE EAST ABUTMENT, AND 9 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE TRACK. A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED Z 99 RESET 1945.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: Z 99 Reset

Benchmark Agency: National Geodetic Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Cascade

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

NGS PID: http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=SS0605

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

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