Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1977 (JRS) THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF STOW, 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF AKRON, 3/4 MILE EAST-SOUTHEAST OF TALLMADGE AND ON THE CITY OF TALLMADGE PROPERTY. PERMISSION WAS GIVEN BY THE MAYOR, TALLMADGE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 46 NORTH AVENUE, TALLMADGE, OHIO 44278, PHONE 633-5095. TO REACH FROM THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAYS 261, 91 AND 532 IN THE CENTER OF TALLMADGE, GO EAST ON EAST AVENUE FOR 0.7 MILE TO A PAVED CROSSROAD. TURN RIGHT AND GO SOUTH ON ALLING ROAD FOR 0.1 MILE TO THE STATION ON RIGHT, 180 FEET FROM EAST AVENUE. STATION MARKS, STAMPED---WILEY 1977---, ARE STANDARD DISKS. THE SURFACE DISK IS SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND SURFACE. IT IS 181 FEET WEST OF THE PAVED STREET, 94 FEET NORTH OF A ROW OF PINE TREES AND 29 FEET EAST-NORTHEAST OF A 24-INCH GUM TREE. REFERENCE MARK 1, STAMPED---WILEY NO 1 1977---, IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS 135 FEET WEST OF CENTER OF THE PAVED STREET AND 35 FEET NORTH OF A SMALL PINE TREE. REFERENCE MARK 2, STAMPED---WILEY NO 2 1977---, IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A 12-INCH CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE MONUMENT THAT IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. IT IS 1 FOOT EAST-SOUTHEAST OF A WATER TANK. THERE WAS NO SUITABLE LOCATION FOR A AZIMUTH MARK. IRON RODS WERE SET IN THE MARKS. HEIGHT OF LIGHT ABOVE THE STATION MARK WAS 26.4 METERS. DESCRIBED BY J.N. LEONHARDT. 2012 SCE 75 FEET NORTHEAST OF RM1, 25 FEET NORTH OF A 30 INCH MAPLE