Sacramento Longitude-Granite Meridian Stone-1888
Posted by: TheBeanTeam
N 38° 34.567 W 121° 29.533
10S E 631340 N 4270817
This meridian marker was placed by surveyor C. H. Sinclair in 1888.
Waymark Code: WM3MPB
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/21/2008
Views: 79
Historic survey marker on the grounds of the state capitol in Sacramento California. The granite monument has a later benchmark placed in the top of it.
JS1010, a USGS disk was placed in the top surface in 1901
The original description reads as follows:
Page 149 of Special Publication no. 110 (1925) From: NOAA Central Library U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Special Publications
Sacramento longitude (Sacramento County, Calif., C.H. Sinclair, 1888; 1908).--On the east side of the capitol in the capitol grounds. The station is marked by a granite pier 14 by 25 inches and 6 1/2 feet long, marked "U.S.C.&G.S. 1888," and is 124.99 meters (319.89 feet), or 4".03 of longitude east.