Benchmark on Walton Bridge
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Benchmark on Walton Bridge
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 15 Nov 2014
This benchmark was established in 1844 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 288.4600 feet [87.9226 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Manchester to Gloucester levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 200. Bolt in West face of East battlement of Walton Bridge over river Trent ; 1.85 ft. above centre of road" (Public Abstract p.28). It can be found near the middle of the pedestrians-only old bridge, parallel to the newer main road bridge.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.897952
Longitude
-2.146977