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1. The Meridian Line marker at Sheffield Park.
*The Meridian Line marker at Sheffield Park. The Meridian Marker on Lane End Common, 1.5 km south of Sheffield Park station. The marker reads - 1958, THIS STONE, HAS BEEN ERECTED, ON, LANE END...
2. The Meridian marker at Peacehaven.
*The Meridian marker at Peacehaven. The Meridian marker at the King George V memorial, Peacehaven (1936). Top Plaque: PEACEHAVEN, KING GEORGE V. MEMORIAL, ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS IN...
3. The Meridian Beacon at Peacehaven.
*The Meridian Beacon at Peacehaven. The Meridian Beacon at Peacehaven (1999). The inscription reads - The Meridian Beacon. This beacon, which stands on, the point where the Meridian...
4. The Lewes pavement Meridian marker.
*The Lewes pavement Meridian marker. The pavement Meridian marker in Lewes. The plaque is divided into two halves by an arrow marking the Meridian's position - one half designed to be...
5. The Jubilee Marker at East Grinstead.
*The Jubilee Marker at East Grinstead. The Jubilee Meridian marker at East Court Mansion, East Grinstead. The marker reads - THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN, 0o NORTH, WEST, EAST, THIS STONE...
6. The Lewes Meridian wall plaque.
*The Lewes Meridian wall plaque. A wall plaque marking the Meridian in Lewes. The inscription reads - The Greenwich Meridian Passes Through This Point, Plaque placed by Town Mayor,...
7. The Meridian markers at Peacehaven.
*The Meridian markers at Peacehaven. The Meridian markers at Peacehaven on the south coast of England. These consist of a stone monument (1936) and the Millennium Beacon (1999). The...
8. The Meridian tablet at Sheffield Park.
*The Meridian tablet at Sheffield Park. The Meridian line marker at Sheffield Park. The inscription reads: THIS TABLET MARKS THE LINE OF THE PRIME MERIDIAN AND WAS PLACED HERE BY THE PEOPLE...
9. The route of the Great Eastern during the laying of the 1865 telegraph cable.
*The route of the Great Eastern during the laying of the 1865 telegraph cable. The transatlantic cable would be the world's longest underwater telegraph cable, extending a distance of over 2000 miles between Newfoundland and...
10. The Royal Observatory Hockey Club, 1896-97.
*The Royal Observatory Hockey Club, 1896-97. The photograph shows the Royal Observatory Hockey club as it was in 1896-97. William Henry Mahoney Christie, the Astronomer Royal and the...
 
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