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Promontory (Golden Spike) Benchmark - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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Promontory (Golden Spike) Benchmark
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Lord Mot
N 41° 37.040 W 112° 33.046
12T E 370800 N 4608451
Located on the Golden Spike National Historic Monument
Waymark Code:
WMB5D4
Location:
Utah, United States
Date Posted:
04/07/2011
Published By:
Ernmark
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Benchmark MS0185 located on the National Historic Site Marker at Promontory Utah.
01/01/1953 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 IN PROMONTORY. AT PROMONTORY, ALONG THE ABANDONED SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD, AT THE GOLDEN SPIKE MONUMENT (A MONUMENT COMMEMORATING THE POINT AT WHICH THE LAST SPIKE COMPLETING THE FIRST CONTINENTAL RAILROAD WAS DRIVEN ON MAY 19, 1869), IN THE TOP OF THE WEST CORNER OF THE CONCRETE BASE, 13.4 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST RAIL OF A SHORT SECTION OF TRACK WHICH IS STILL IN PLACE, AND 1.0 FOOT ABOVE THE GROUND.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
S 94
Benchmark Agency:
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County:
Promontory Utah
Find type:
Found by luck/skill/knowledge
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NGS PID:
MS0185
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