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QE2229 - USC&GS 'JUNCTION CITY MUNICIPAL TANK' - Junction City, OR - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com
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QE2229 - USC&GS 'JUNCTION CITY MUNICIPAL TANK' - Junction City, OR
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NW_history_buff
N 44° 13.227 W 123° 12.108
10T E 483880 N 4896378
The top intersected point of the Junction City Municipal Water Tank is an NGS benchmark.
Waymark Code:
WMYM9F
Location:
Oregon, United States
Date Posted:
06/28/2018
Published By:
Ernmark
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I recovered this intersected point of the Junction City Municipal Tank from 1938 in good condition. The NGS datasheet description and posted coordinates are still adequate for station recovery.
NGS datasheet info:
01/01/1940 by CGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (ANS) THE JUNCTION CITY MUNICIPAL WATER TANK IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SEVENTH AVENUE BETWEEN GREENWOOD STREET AND THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY RAILROAD TRACK. IT IS AN ELEVATED TANK, PAINTED SILVER, WITH JUNCTION CITY IN BLACK LETTERS ON THE SIDE. THE TOP OF THE TOWER WAS INTERSECTED.
01/01/1977 by NGS (MONUMENTED)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1977 (JVD) THIS INTERSECTION STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE TANK IS LOCATED EAST OF THE FIRE STATION IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE INTERSECTION OF SEVENTH AVENUE WEST AND FRONT STREET. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN IN JUNCTION CITY.
Condition:
Mark found in good condition
Designation:
JUNCTION CITY MUNICIPAL TANK
Benchmark Agency:
U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type:
Elevated Tank
County:
Lane County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional):
Junction City (1986)
Find type:
Found by luck/skill/knowledge
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NGS PID:
QE2229
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