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Title: Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: International boundary commission (United States and Mexico) 1882-1896. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
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t engineer; and L. Seward Terry,Secretary of U. S. Commission. A steel i)icket fence to protect the monument from injury, and an interior jjavement were;)rovided, as at No. 255. The pickets of these fences curve in at the top, making access to theinclosure extremely difficult. The erection of this monument completed the marking of the southern California line andthe entire bonndary between the Kio Grande and the Pacific Ocean. Of the 53 monuments on this section of the boundary 35 are of iron, cast solid; 12 are iron,sectional; 2 old sectional iron, repaired; 2 of masonry built on old sites; 1 granite; 1 marble,recut from old initial monument. The average distance between monuments is 2.7 miles; the maximum 7,533 meters; theminimum 809 meters. The work began on March 20 and continued until June 30, 189i, during a period of eighty-eight working days, in which the monuments, except the 2 built by contract, were erected; theaverage time per monument being about one and eight tenths days.
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INTERNATIONAL BOUJNDARY SURVEY UNITED STATES AND MEXICO k. T ;eG-i- ^4—Lo--;c—^eN NOTE. ThicTmess of Metal jfBolts 2!ll)etweeiiTVasliersaiLcL 1 Diameter.Nuts 2 Toxmd, 1^ Hexagon-He aa..Washers 6DiaiiL.lry-i iMck 3.0 ELEVATION
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Title: Report of the Boundary commission upon the survey and re-marking of the boundary between the United States and Mexico west of the Rio Grande, 1891-1896 ..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: International boundary commission (United States and Mexico) 1882-1896. (from old catalog)
Subjects:
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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About This Book: Catalog Entry
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t engineer; and L. Seward Terry,Secretary of U. S. Commission. A steel i)icket fence to protect the monument from injury, and an interior jjavement were;)rovided, as at No. 255. The pickets of these fences curve in at the top, making access to theinclosure extremely difficult. The erection of this monument completed the marking of the southern California line andthe entire bonndary between the Kio Grande and the Pacific Ocean. Of the 53 monuments on this section of the boundary 35 are of iron, cast solid; 12 are iron,sectional; 2 old sectional iron, repaired; 2 of masonry built on old sites; 1 granite; 1 marble,recut from old initial monument. The average distance between monuments is 2.7 miles; the maximum 7,533 meters; theminimum 809 meters. The work began on March 20 and continued until June 30, 189i, during a period of eighty-eight working days, in which the monuments, except the 2 built by contract, were erected; theaverage time per monument being about one and eight tenths days.
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INTERNATIONAL BOUJNDARY SURVEY UNITED STATES AND MEXICO k. T ;eG-i- ^4—Lo--;c—^eN NOTE. ThicTmess of Metal jfBolts 2!ll)etweeiiTVasliersaiLcL 1 Diameter.Nuts 2 Toxmd, 1^ Hexagon-He aa..Washers 6DiaiiL.lry-i iMck 3.0 ELEVATION
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- bookyear:1898
- bookdecade:1890
- bookcentury:1800
- bookauthor:International_boundary_commission__United_States_and_Mexico__1882_1896___from_old_catalog_
- bookpublisher:Washington__Govt__print__off_
- bookcontributor:The_Library_of_Congress
- booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
- bookleafnumber:356
- bookcollection:library_of_congress
- bookcollection:americana