Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1963 (VBM) THE STATION IS ABOUT 3/4 MILE EAST-NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON AND AT THE WEST EDGE OF THE INTERSECTION OF PERKINS STREET AND AN EXIT ROAD FROM THE SOUTH BOUND LANE OF THE AKRON EXPRESSWAY. IT IS ABOUT 50 FEET EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE CONCRETE STEPS TO THE HOUSE AT 363 PERKINS STREET, 29.5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTH END OF A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND 17 FEET NORTHWEST OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE MARK IS A CITY OF AKRON DISK STAMPED PERKINS 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, AT THE WEST EDGE OF THE INTERSECTION OF PERKINS STREET AND AN EXIT ROAD FROM THE SOUTH-BOUND LANE OF THE AKRON EXPRESSWAY, 142 FEET WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE WEST END OF THE NORTH CONCRETE BANNISTER OF PERKINS STREET BRIDGE OVER THE EXPRESSWAY, 50 FEET EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF A RESIDENCE AT 363 PERKINS STREET, 17 FEET NORTHWEST OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT, 11 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF PERKINS STREET, AND IS A DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST 4 INCHES BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE STREET ACCESS TO WHICH IS HAD THROUGH A 9 INCH CAST IRON COVER MARKED AKRON SURVEY 1963.