Town Square (BT1321) - Troy, AL
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xptwo
N 31° 48.463 W 085° 58.309
16R E 597321 N 3519583
This benchmark is located at the base of a Conferate Monument in the town square in Troy, Alabama.
Waymark Code: WMGEDX
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2013
Views: 6
The square is boarded by Oak Street, Elm Street, Church Street, and 3 Notch Street. The benchmark itself can be easily found at the Confederate Monument. The description starts with 1968, but the benchmark disk itself was monumented in 1933 and has that date on it.
The description from the datasheet reads:
01/01/1968 by NGS (POOR)
DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1968 AT TROY. AT TROY, IN THE CENTER OF THE TOWN SQUARE, SET ON THE TOP OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BOTTOM STEP OF THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT WHICH IS IN THE CENTER OF A LARGE METERED PARKING LOT, ABOUT 1/2 FOOT ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND. NOTE-- THIS PARTY WAS INFORMED THAT THE MONUMENT HAS BEEN MOVED FROM IT ORIGINAL LOCATION.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: TROY
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Pike
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Troy
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: BT1321
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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