THE AMERICAN MERIDIAN

by Kevin Walsh

This line in the Watergate area of Washington, DC, was used by USA mapmakers to divide the world into eastern and western hemispheres between 1848-1884.

Thereafter, the USA accepted the meridian at Greenwich Observatory in the UK as the divider of latitude & longitude.

4 comments

Bob K December 23, 2011 - 9:55 am

Or rather “lomgitude”?

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Rob G December 24, 2011 - 9:29 am

Or longitude even.

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Bob K December 24, 2011 - 11:40 am

Yah!

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Joshua D January 16, 2012 - 2:13 pm

Check out more about the American Meridian on the blog Twelve Mile Circle:
http://www.howderfamily.com/blog/american-meridian/

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