Benchmark, Long Marton, Bridge 253
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Benchmark, Long Marton, Bridge 253
Image: © Adrian Taylor Taken: 20 Sep 2022
Detail of an Ordnance Survey cut benchmark on the end pier of the south east abutment of Park Lane Bridge on the Settle to Carlisle railway, railway engineers’ bridge reference number SAC/253. The benchmark marks a height of 132.4021m above mean sea level (Ordnance Datum Newlyn) last verified in 1955.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.614801
Longitude
-2.514883