"Grahamwood" Triangulation Station in Memphis
Posted by: CuriousBM
N 35° 08.968 W 089° 55.701
16S E 233230 N 3893545
"Grahamwood" Triangulation Station with disk missing in Memphis.
Waymark Code: WMQC5W
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/02/2016
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DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (WNM) THE STATION IS LOCATED AT THE GRAHAMWOOD SCHOOL IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF MEMPHIS, IT IS NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SUMMER AVENUE AND GRAHAM STREET. IT IS 61 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH EDGE OF A PARKING AREA, 53 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING, 86 FEET EAST NORTHEAST OF A FLAGPOLE AND 99 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF GRAHAM STREET. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED GRAHAMWOOD 1957. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE STATION, GO WEST ON SUMMER AVENUE FOR 0.15 MILE TO THE MARK ON THE RIGHT. IT IS 151 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF SUMMER AVENUE. REFERENCE MARK 1 IS 1 FOOT NORTH OF THE NORTH EDGE OF A SIDEWALK, 12 FEET NORTHEAST OF A POWER POLE AND 79 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE FLAGPOLE. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED GRAHAMWOOD NO 1 1957. REFERENCE MARK 2 IS 36 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF SCHOOL BUILDING, 36 FEET EAST OF THE EAST EDGE OF A SCHOOL SIDEWALK AND 45 FEET NORTH OF THE FLAGPOLE. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED GRAHAMWOOD NO 2 1957. THE AZIMUTH MARK IS 151 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF SUMMER AVENUE, 1 FOOT EAST OF A HEDGE ROW, 1 FOOT SOUTH OF A WHITE WITNESS POST AND 12 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF A BRICK GARAGE. THE MONUMENT IS FLUSH AND THE DISK IS STAMPED GRAHAMWOOD 1957. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK 30 METERS.
Condition: Monumentation found, but no marker
Designation: GRAHAMWOOD
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: TRIANGULATION STATION Disk
County: Memphis, TN
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Northeast Memphis (1997)
Special category (optional): Not listed
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: FE1220
Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
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