FENWICK IS OBSERVATION TWR 3
NGS PID: | HU1403 |
Coordinates: | N 38.50585° W 75.053866° |
Location: | Delaware
Sussex County Bethany Beach Quad |
Elevation: | Unknown |
Type: | Landmark/Intersection Station |
Setting: | Concrete Tower |
Monumented: | 1962 |
Monumented By: | NGS |
Status: | Recovered |
Condition: | Good as of August 31, 2003 |
- Official Description: NGS Datasheet
The observation tower was found as described. Likely of interest to many benchmark hunters: from these towers, soldiers used the method of triangulation to determine the position of approaching vessels. For a detailed and extremely clear explanation of the process, see the following: (link removed because the page has disappeared and no suitable replacement can be found, 3/2011).