Description of Location

DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1983 (CLN) THERE ARE NO REFERENCE MARKS AT THIS STATION. THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 KM (9 MI) SOUTH OF AKRON, 2.5 KM (1.5 MI) NORTHWEST FROM GREENSBURG AND ON A HILL BEHIND THE GREEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE AT GREENSBURG, GO NORTH ON STATE HIGHWAY 241 (MASSILLON ROAD) FOR 1.8 KM (1.1 MI) TO A SIDE ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT AND GO WEST ON STEESE ROAD FOR 0.7 KM (0.4 MI) TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT BEHIND THE SCHOOL ON A LOW HILL. THE STATION IS A STANDARD NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY DISK STAMPED ---STEESE 1983--- SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM (12 INCHES) IN DIAMETER FLUSH WITH THE GROUND LOCATED 76.5 METERS (251.0 FEET) WNW FROM NEAR CORNER OF A PAVED, FENCED BASKETBALL COURT, 74.4 METERS (244.0 FEET) N FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF A GRAVEL PARKING LOT, 52.6 METERS (172.5 FEET) NE FROM THE CORNER OF THE WHITE BRICK SECTION OF THE SCHOOL, AND 59.7 METERS (196.0 FEET) S FROM A WOODED AREA. AZIMUTH MARK IS A STANDARD NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY DISK STAMPED ---STEESE 1983--- SET INTO THE TOP OF A ROUND CONCRETE MONUMENT 30 CM (12 INCHES) IN DIAMETER FLUSH WITH THE GROUND LOCATED 52 METERS (171 FEET) SW FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SCHOOL, 18.3 METERS (60 FEET) W FROM THE CENTERLINE OF A ROAD INTO THE PARKING AREA, 11.6 METERS (38 FEET) WSW FROM A WATER CATCH BASIN, 7.3 METERS (24 FEET) W FROM A LIGHT POLE, AND 4.9 METERS (16 FEET) S FROM THE CENTERLINE OF THE SOUTH SCHOOL ENTRANCE ROAD. TO REACH THE AZIMUTH MARK FROM THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 241 AND STEESE ROAD (ON THE WAY TO THE MAIN STATION), GO WEST ON STEESE ROAD FOR 0.6 KM (0.35 MI) TO SHRIVER ROAD, TURN LEFT AND GO SOUTH ON SHRIVER ROAD FOR 0.6 KM (0.4 MI) TO MELANIE DIRVE, TURN LEFT AND GO EAST ON THE SOUTH ENTRANCE ROAD OF THE PORTAGE LAKE JOINT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL FOR 0.15 KM (1.0 MI) TO THE STATION ON THE RIGHT. THE STATION IS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. COSE 2000- MONUMENT AND DISK HAS BEEN BULLDOZED.