Benchmark Y 222 - Franklin, TN
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N 35° 55.110 W 086° 51.380
16S E 512961 N 3974918
Benchmark Y 222 - Franklin, TN
Waymark Code: WMP8YD
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2015
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 0.8 MI E FROM FRANKLIN. FROM THE L. AND N. RAILROAD STATION, GO 0.15 MILE SOUTH ON THE L. AND N. RAILROAD, THEN 0.6 MILE EAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 96. THE BENCH MARK IS 31 FT. NORTH OF THE CENTER OF STATE HIGHWAY 96, 5 FT. EAST OF A POWER LINE POLE, 1 FT. SOUTH OF A FENCE LINE, AND 1.9 FT. NORTH OF A WITNESS SIGN. THE DISK IS SET IN TOP OF A CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 3 INCHES AND ABOUT 2 FT. BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD.
STATION RECOVERY (1984)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1984 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. NOTE, 16.2 METERS (53.0 FT) EAST OF THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF A PRIVATE DRIVE LEADING NORTH TO 707 MURFREESBORO ROAD, AND 0.18 METERS (0.6 FT) SOUTH OF A FENCE. THE MARK IS 0.31 M BELOW HIGHWAY.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Y 222
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Franklin
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Franklin (1981)
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: FD0529
Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
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