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
Latitude
54.51295
Longitude
-3.551857