1GL benchmark on railway station booking office, Bangor
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1GL benchmark on railway station booking office, Bangor
Image: © Meirion Taken: 25 Aug 2010
This 1GL benchmark located on the southeast face of the booking office at Bangor railway station was used during the Ordnance Survey's First Primary Levelling on the line between Warrington and Pembroke Docks, between September 1851 and July 1852. This mark was mark No.1 on a branch line between Bangor and Holyhead. The Ordnance Survey database shows that this mark was last inspected in 1974 and is 33.5449m above the Newlyn datum.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.22292
Longitude
-4.135312