GT.US Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/11/15/the-forgotten-giant-arrows-that-guide-you-across-america/ Is anyone up to creating a category for these? Maybe there are geocaches near them? Quote Link to comment
+BruceS Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 These were discussed a few months ago in this thread. Quote Link to comment
GT.US Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 I always notice how great minds think alike... Here are some comments in the FB post, which might say there are more than have been documented Kathleen Allen Thanks for the link. I knew about these arrows but didn't have a good source of info before. Wednesday I will share this with my Science Olympiad mapping students. They're gonna love it. Especially since the quad maps are listed for the arrow l...See More 4 hours ago · Edited · Like Dan Andrella When this was brought up a few months back I checked to see if any were down here and there wasn't. I'll look into it again. 4 hours ago via mobile · Like Kathleen Allen http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=MB2935 4 hours ago · Like Janel Lynn Krauss I found a location for one in Delta. I couldn't see it from google but these are the coordinates that the NGS Gave 41 33 51.81420(N) 084 05 42.98015(W) Pretty cool one was in our back yard!! 4 hours ago · Like · 1 George W. Lathrop Very interesting. I think there was an arrow on top of the Commodore Perry Hotel that point airplanes toward Metcalf Field. It was not related to the post office, but it did serve the same purpose. 4 hours ago · Like · 1 Kathleen Allen Secong on in Summit Co. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=MB2704 4 hours ago · Like Kathleen Allen There was one in Fulton Co. (home of the MWGB) but I didn't look at the NGS data sheet to see if it was there the last time Uncle Sam schecked. 4 hours ago · Like Diana Roszko Edwards Cool info. Thanks for sharing 3 hours ago via mobile · Like Anne Calvin Hood This would make a coo l Waymarking categorg 3 hours ago · Like Dan Andrella That MB2935 one was a four legged steel structure and sat 50 feet high on Richfield's highest point. Bet that one was scrapped long ago. The sat image on Google shows a young clump of trees and a large pine. Rex C. is closer, he should take a Sunday drive by and check it out. 3 hours ago · Like Dan Andrella The MB2704 is simply a rotating beacon l(ight) atop the old Goodyear Blimp hanger at Akron Fulton Airport. Standard beacon found at most airports. 3 hours ago · Like Rex Cassidy Very cool list of old beacons. It is not a complete list of all the arrow sites as it omits several Ohio counties where there had to be beacons such as Erie, Ottawa and possibly Sandusky. I don't remember seeing the beacon tower in Richfield but know the spot well. It is off 176 not 21 and just south of a giant eagle. GCTT9N was right across the street. Thanks sharing this! 2 hours ago · Like · 2 Rex Cassidy Just found what I will be doing all day! http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/ Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection historicalcharts.noaa.gov Contents and useOffice of Coast Survey's Historical Map & Chart Collection cover... See More 2 hours ago · Like Kathleen Allen THanks for that link too! about an hour ago · Like Michael Weiner http://surveymarks.planetzhanna.com/.../ Airway Beacons List—Eastern U.S. | Zhanna's Survey Marks surveymarks.planetzhanna.com Airway Beacons List—Eastern U.S.Originally by Roger BarnesLast updated March 11,... See More about an hour ago · Like Michael Weiner http://surveymarks.planetzhanna.com/.../ Airway Beacons List—Western U.S. | Zhanna's Survey Marks surveymarks.planetzhanna.com Airway Beacons List—Western U.S.Originally by Roger BarnesLast updated March 11,... See More about an hour ago · Like Jennifer Miller Love this conversation that started!!! about an hour ago · Like Anne Calvin Hood Quote Link to comment
+BruceS Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 That list of beacons posted on FB was beacons not necessarily arrows. Most were towers with lights it appears. If any that were posted were found they could be listed in the U.S. Benchmark category as all listed on the NGS database with PID's Quote Link to comment
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