DESCRIBED BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1963 (VBM) THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON, 1-1/2 MILES WEST OF NORTH MAIN STREET, 150 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE HOUSE AT 836 PORTAGE TRAIL ROAD AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. IT IS 21.7 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF PORTAGE TRAIL ROAD, 43.5 FEET WEST OF A TELEPHONE POLE, 50.5 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE DRIVEWAY TO MR. B.E. CROSBYS HOUSE AT 836 PORTAGE TRAIL ROAD AND 62 FEET EAST OF A TELEPHONE POLE. THE MARK IS A CITY OF AKRON DISK STAMPED TRAIL SET IN THE TOP OF A 6 INCH SQUARE CONCRETE MONUMENT 4 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF A 3 FOOT SQUARE OF CONCRETE AND COVERED WITH A 9 INCH IRON COVER. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE STATION MARK - 22 METERS. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 AT AKRON, ABOUT 0.4 MILE WEST ALONG PORTAGE TRAIL FROM THE INTERSECTION OF CUYAHOGA STREET, 140 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF GARAGE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO HOUSE NO. 836, 50 FEET EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF DRIVEWAY TO HOUSE, 44 FEET WEST OF CABLE POLE NO. 87183, 23 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF PORTAGE TRAIL, ABOUT LEVEL WITH THE ROAD AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST ABOUT 4-INCHES BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE GROUND ACCESS WHICH IS HAD THROUGH A 9-INCH CAST IRON COVER MARKED AKRON SURVEY 1963. I FOOT EAST OF A METAL WITNESS POST.
