Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1963 (VBM) THE STATION IS ABOUT 5-1/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON AND ON THE ROAD RIGHT- OF-WAY ON THE EAST SIDE OF CANTON RAOD. IT IS 41 FEET SOUTH OF A DO NOT LITTER HIGHWAY SIGN, 34 FEET EAST OF THE CENTERLINE OF CANTON ROAD, 106 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE WEST SUPPORT OF AN AKRON FIRST NATIONAL BANK SIGN AND ABOUT 400 FEET NORTH THE AKRON CORPORATION LIMIT SIGN. THE MARK IS A CITY OF AKRON DISK STAMPED SPRING 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. TO REACH FROM THE ELLET POST OFFICE, GO SOUTH ON CANTON ROAD FOR 0.25 MILE TO THE STATION ON THE LEFT. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 AT AKRON, ABOUT 0.2 MILE SOUTH ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 91 FROM THE ELLET STATION POST OFFICE, 106 FEET NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE WEST SUPPORT OF A AKRON FIRST NATION BANK SIGN, 34 FEET NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER LINE STATE HIGHWAY 91, ABOUT 115 YARDS SOUTHEAST OF THE JUNCTION OF SHADY BROOK ROAD, AND SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST ABOUT 4 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE ACCESS TO WHICH IS HAD THROUGH A 9-INCH IRON COVER MARKED AKRON SURVEY 1963. RECOVERY NOTE BY OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1989 (KM ) RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION NEW REFERENCE TIES ADDED 2012- 43.4 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE AT 855 CANTON RD., 69 FEET NORTH OF A POWER POLE WITH NO NUMBER, AND 67 FEET SOUTH OF A FIRE HYDRANT.