Second principal meridian explained

The second principal meridian, or Paoli Meridian, coincides with 86° 28′ of longitude west from Greenwich, starts from a point two and one half miles west of the confluence of the Little Blue and Ohio rivers, runs north to the northern boundary of Indiana, and, with the base line in latitude 38° 28′ 20″, governs the surveys in Indiana and part of those in Illinois.

Sources

• Book: Raymond , William Galt . Plane Surveying for Use in the Classroom and Field . via Internet Archive . 1914 . American Book Company . New York .
• Book: Survey Manual . Illinois Department of Transportation, Bureau of Design and Environment . . 2003-02-28 . Chapter Five: Land Surveying . 5 . 2008-10-30 . 2011-05-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525044629/http://www.dot.state.il.us/desenv/survey/chap5.pdf . dead .

See also

• List of principal and guide meridians and base lines of the United States

External links

• Web site: Cadastral Survey [second principal meridian] ]. U.S. Bureau of Land Management . 2012-09-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130222061755/http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/meridians/pob.htm . 2013-02-22.
• Web site: Principal Meridians and Base Lines . U.S. Bureau of Land Management . 2012-09-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018100501/http://www.blm.gov/cadastral/meridians/meridians.htm . 2012-10-18.
• Web site: The Second Principal Meridian, Paoli, Indiana . Principal Meridian Project . 2012-09-29.
• Web site: Second Principal Meridian . The Center for Land Use Interpretation . 2012-09-29.
• Web site: Hoosier National Forest, Initial Point . U.S. Forest Service . 2012-10-07.

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