OS benchmark - Preston, railway bridge
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OS benchmark - Preston, railway bridge
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 21 Jul 2020
An OS cutmark on the SE parapet of the railway bridge, last levelled in 1967 at 65.483m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn. It shows every sign of being a 1st Geodetic Levelling mark, partly due to the style and partly as it makes an appearance on the 1900 map, shown at 215.1ft above Liverpool datum.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.705879
Longitude
-2.690145