First Principal Meridian

First Principal Meridian

The First Principal Meridian began [While civil boundaries and rivers can "move," surveying meridians and monuments remain "fixed."] at the junction of the Ohio River and Great Miami River, extends north on the boundary line between the states of Ohio and Indiana, and roughly approximates to the meridian of longitude 84° 48' 50" west from Greenwich. The ranges of the public surveys in the state of Ohio, west of the Scioto River, are, in part, numbered from this meridian.

References

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last = Raymond
first = William Galt
title = Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=68I3AAAAMAAJ&dq
format = via Google Books
date = 1914
publisher = American Book Company
location = New York

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last = Linklater
first = Andro
title = Measuring America
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