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Meridian Marker
The Meridian Marker serves as the beginning point for Florida’s Prime Meridian of the north, south, east and west surveying lines. The spot is marked by a round metal disk set into a 30-foot-long granite map of Florida.
Cascades Park, near the amphitheater.
Meridian originally marked in 1824 and re-dedicated on November 15, 2013.
Category: Memorials & Monuments
Location
FL
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I don't understand why they couldn't preserve the marker from 1925 instead of destroying it and replacing it with a map of the state. Truly sad that nothing is sacred today. As a lifelong surveyor I would like to have seen it left intact.
I don't understand why they couldn't preserve the marker from 1925 instead of destroying it and replacing it with a map of the state. Truly sad that nothing is sacred today. As a lifelong surveyor I would like to have seen it left intact.
View lessThe 1925 marker was not destroyed. Some of your fellow surveyors shared your sentiment, and the marker is now on the grounds the Florida Mapping and Surveying Society.
The 1925 marker was not destroyed. Some of your fellow surveyors shared your sentiment, and the marker is now on the grounds the Florida Mapping and Surveying Society.
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