Benchmark, Scalegill, Railway Bridge

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Benchmark, Scalegill, Railway Bridge

Image: © Adrian Taylor Taken: 22 Aug 2008

Detail of the Ordnance Survey flush bracket benchmark on the railway bridge which carries the A595 road over the former Mirehouse Junction to Moor Row railway near Scalegill. The benchmark marks a height of 66.6317m above mean sea level (Ordnance Datum Newlyn) last levelled in 1961 and verified in 1965 (location photograph Image).

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.51295
Longitude
-3.551857