Zero Milestone - Washington, DC
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N 38° 53.706 W 077° 02.193
18S E 323383 N 4307107
The original center of Washington, DC.
Waymark Code: WM10BP8
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Zero Milestone is a zero mile marker monument in Washington, D.C. intended as the initial milestone from which all road distances in the United States should be reckoned when it was built. At present, only roads in the Washington, D.C. area have distances measured from it."

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TITLE: Zero Milestone, (sculpture).

ARTIST(S): Peaslee, Horace W., 1884- , sculptor.

DATE: Modeled 1921. Dedicated June 4, 1923.

MEDIUM: Compass: bronze; Base: pink granite.

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS DC000095

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Located Ellipse, Washington, District of Columbia


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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