Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1963 (VBM) THE STATION IS ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON, 0.25 MILE EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH ARLINGTON STREET AND WATERLOO ROAD, ON A NARROW STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN WATERLOO ROAD AND EXETER STREET AND ABOUT 300 FEET NORTH OF THE AKRON SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER. IT IS 37.5 FEET SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF EXETER STREET, 53.4 FEET NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF WATERLOO ROAD, 27 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF WATERLOO ROAD AND 26 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH CURB OF EXETER STREET. THE MARK IS A CITY OF AKRON DISK STAMPED SQUARE 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 2 FOOT IRON COVER. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 AT AKRON, IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE CITY, ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 224, (WATERLOO ROAD), 0.2 MILE EAST ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 224 FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH ARLINGTON STREET, NEAR THE JUNCTION OF THE HIGHWAY AND EXETER ROAD, IN A NARROW STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND THE STREET, ABOUT 300 FEET NORTH OF THE AKRON SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER, 26.8 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH CURB OF THE HIGHWAY (WATERLOO ROAD), 26 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTH CURB OF EXETER ROAD, ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE HIGHWAY, SET IN THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST 4 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND ACCESS TO WHICH IS HAD THROUGH A 24 INCH IRON COVER WHICH IS FLUSH WITH THE GROUND. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1971 (WMR) STATION RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION IS GOOD. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN- AT AKRON RECOVERY NOTE BY CITY OF AKRON OHIO 1975 (RJF) MARKED STAMPED- SQUARE. CONDITION- O.K. DESCRIPTION ADEQUATE. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN- AKRON S SE 4 MI RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1976 (DMF) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--AT AKRON. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1980 (DRM) STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN GOOD CONDITION. AIRLINE DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST TOWN--4 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF AKRON. RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 (CLN) RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THIS STATION WAS USED BY THE GPS.