Salt Lake Meridian

Salt Lake Meridian

The Salt Lake Meridian, established in 1855, in longitude 111° 54' 00" west from Greenwich, has its initial point at southeast corner of Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah, extends north and south through the state, and, with the base line, through the initial, and coincident with the parallel of 40° 46' 04" north latitude, governs the surveys in the territory, except those referred to the Uintah Meridian and Baseline projected from an initial point in latitude 40° 26' 20" north, longitude 109° 57' 30" west from Greenwich.

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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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