Bridge parapet with benchmark
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Bridge parapet with benchmark
Image: © Adrian Taylor Taken: 4 Jul 2019
Adam Bridge on the A593 was rebuilt by Lancashire County Council in 1899 with dressed sandstone parapets. The western parapet has an Ordnance Survey cut benchmark marking a height of 74.6135m above sea level (Ordnance Datum Newlyn) last levelled and verified in 1969 (photograph Image).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.360897
Longitude
-3.07965