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Title
Geodetic Monument on Top of Mt. Shasta
Contributor
Tickner, Bernita
Date Created and/or Issued
ca 1910
Publication Information
Meriam Library Special Collections Department, California State University, Chico
Contributing Institution
California State University, Chico
Collection
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph shows a geodetic monument on top of Mt. Shasta. Erected October 1875 to establish a constant signal to connect the long lines of the main triangulation of the Coast and Geodetic Survey [see: the Siskiyou Pioneer, volume 2, no. 2, pg. 3].
Type
Image
Format
85x135 mm.
Identifier
sc9677
http://archives.csuchico.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll11/id/8271
Subject
Monuments
Geodesy--Observations
Distance measuring instruments, Electronic
Place
Siskiyou County (Calif.)
Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)
Mount Shasta (Calif.)
Source
sc9677.tif
Relation
under review
Northeastern California Historic Photograph Collection

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