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DN1355  DESIGNATION -  DECATUR WISE CO CTHSE CUPOLA
DN1355  PID         -  DN1355
DN1355  STATE/COUNTY-  TX/WISE
DN1355  USGS QUAD   -  DECATUR (1974)
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DN1355                         *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
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DN1355* NAD 83(1993)-  33 14 03.94323(N)    097 35 12.93360(W)     ADJUSTED
DN1355* NAVD 88     -
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DN1355  LAPLACE CORR-           2.38  (seconds)                    DEFLEC99
DN1355  GEOID HEIGHT-         -27.45  (meters)                     GEOID99
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DN1355  HORZ ORDER  -  THIRD
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DN1355.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
DN1355.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in February 1996.
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DN1355.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections.
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DN1355.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99.
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DN1355;                    North         East     Units   Scale      Converg.
DN1355;SPC TXNC     - 2,174,219.087   685,091.847   MT  0.99987769 +0 29 52.7
DN1355;UTM  14      - 3,678,166.132   631,658.662   MT  0.99981372 +0 46 28.4
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DN1355                          SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
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DN1355  NAD 83(1993)-  33 14 03.94404(N)    097 35 12.92497(W) AD(       ) 4
DN1355  NAD 83(1986)-  33 14 03.94716(N)    097 35 12.91937(W) AD(       ) 4
DN1355  NAD 27      -  33 14 03.52300(N)    097 35 11.81600(W) AD(       ) 3
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DN1355.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
DN1355.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
DN1355.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived.
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DN1355_MARKER: 55 = TOWER
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DN1355  HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Recov. By
DN1355  HISTORY     - 1935     FIRST OBSERVED   CGS
DN1355  HISTORY     - 1940     GOOD             CGS
DN1355  HISTORY     - 1946     GOOD             CGS
DN1355  HISTORY     - 1949     GOOD             CGS
DN1355  HISTORY     - 1955     GOOD             TXHD
DN1355  HISTORY     - 19970927 GOOD             USPSQD
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DN1355                          STATION DESCRIPTION
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DN1355''DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1935 (CAS)
DN1355''STATION IS THE TOWER ON THE CENTER OF THE WISE COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
DN1355''IN THE TOWN OF DECATUR, TEXAS.  THE COURTHOUSE SETS IN THE
DN1355''CENTER OF THE SQUARE AND IS A LARGE GREY STONE BUILDING.
DN1355''THE TOWER IS ABOUT 60 FEET S OF THE CENTER LINE OF WALNUT
DN1355''STREET AND ABOUT 70 FEET E OF THE CENTER LINE OF TRINITY STREET.
DN1355''THE BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1895 AND THE TOWER IS VERY
DN1355''PROMINENT.
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DN1355''THE BUILDING IS ABOUT 50 FEET HIGH.  THE TOWER RESTS ON A
DN1355''ROUND RAILED BASE ABOUT 8 FEET HIGH.  THE TOWER IS SQUARE,
DN1355''ABOUT 25 FEET HIGH, AND HAS THREE TALL NARROW GOTHIC OPENINGS
DN1355''ON EACH SIDE, WITH A WHITE CLOCK DIAL ON EACH SIDE OF THE
DN1355''TOWER SET ACROSS THE OPENINGS.  ABOVE THIS THERE IS A SMALLER
DN1355''CUPOLA ABOUT 10 FEET HIGH, WITH 3 SMALL ARCHED OPENINGS ON EACH
DN1355''SIDE AND SMALL FOUR-PILLARED BALCONIES AT EACH CORNER.  THE
DN1355''FOUR-SIDED BLACK PYRAMIDAL ROOF IS ABOUT 10 FEET HIGH.  EACH
DN1355''SIDE HAS A SMALL TRIANGULAR GABLE WITH AN ARCHED OPENING.
DN1355''THERE IS A 5-FOOT FLAGSTAFF AT THE APEX OF THE ROOF.  THE
DN1355''TOTAL HEIGHT IS ABOUT 85 FEET.
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DN1355                          STATION RECOVERY (1940)
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DN1355''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1940 (DW)
DN1355''RECOVERED.
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DN1355                          STATION RECOVERY (1946)
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DN1355''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (JCP)
DN1355''COURTHOUSE IS CONSTRUCTED OF RED CUT STONE, ABOUT THREE STORIES
DN1355''HIGH, LOCATED IN THE TOWN SQUARE IN THE TOWN OF DECATUR, WISE
DN1355''COUNTY.  THE CUPOLA IS BUILT OF CUT STONE AND HAS A CLOCK MOUNTED
DN1355''IN IT.
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DN1355''THE POINT INTERSECTED WAS THE CUPOLA, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST POINT
DN1355''OF THE BUILDING.
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DN1355                          STATION RECOVERY (1949)
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DN1355''RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (APR)
DN1355''STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED.
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DN1355                          STATION RECOVERY (1955)
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DN1355''RECOVERY NOTE BY TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 1955 (JRM)
DN1355''STATION RECOVERED.
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DN1355                          STATION RECOVERY (1997)
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DN1355''RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1997
DN1355''RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.