Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1963 (VBM) THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON, NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF A CONCRETE PARKING AREA AT THE AKRON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND AT THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE GOODYEAR AIRCRAFT HANGAR. IT IS 175 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE GENERAL TIRE CO. HANGAR, 5 FEET SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE CONCRETE PARKING AREA AND 54 FEET SOUTHWEST OF THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF THE PARKING AREA. THE MARK IS A CITY OF AKRON DISK STAMPED AIRPORT 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. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 AT AKRON, IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY, AT THE AKRON AIRPORT, 0.45 MILE NORTHEAST ALONG ROAD AND AIRPORT RAMP FROM THE CROSSING OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD AND EXETER ROAD, ABOUT 210 YARDS NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LARGE GOODYEAR DIRIGIBLE HANGAR, 156 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTH CORNER OF A HANGAR (MOST WESTERLY BUILDING OF A GROUP AT THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE AIRPORT), 52 FEET WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CONCRETE RAMP, 4 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE NORTH EDGE OF A RAMP, IN A PARKING RAMP, 4 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF RAMP, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST ACCESS TO WHICH IS HAD THROUGH A 9 INCH CAST IRON COVER MARKED AKRON SURVEY 1963. RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (WMR) STATION RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE 1963 DESCRIPTION IS GOOD. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1976 (DMF) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--AT AKRON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1980 (DRM) STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN GOOD CONDITION. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--AT AKRON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 (CLN) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION AS DESCRIBED IN THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THIS STATION WAS USED FOR THE GPS AT THIS DATE.