Talk:Boundary markers of the original District of Columbia

Merged
I merged List of Boundary Markers of the Original District of Columbia into this article. There's a bit of anti-copy-redundancy cleanup to be done, and I'm not sure the article's name is the best it could be, but I thought I'd at least get rid of the redundancy of two articles. PRRfan (talk) 18:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Northeast No. 1 Boundary Marker
There's a problem with this description at the source. Georgia Avenue is in northwest, not northeast D.C. It appears that they meant either Galloway or Gallatin street which are near the address given and start with a "G". Also Georgia Avenue is northwest of this site which means that the marker could not be "northwest" of the intersection of the two streets.

The stone was bulldozed and removed in September 1952 during the construction of a storefront at 7847 Eastern Avenue, NE, northwest of the avenue's intersection with Georgia Avenue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Da Stressor (talk • contribs) 19:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Compass Reading?
"Opposite sides were marked with the year, its compass reading..."

It's unclear to me what this means. A point in space does not have a compass reading, unless it is referring to the bearing of the line that it lies on.

Does anyone know what some of the monuments actually have inscribed on the back? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Northazimuth (talk • contribs) 23:17, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

You can read about the markings on all sides of the original stones, and the compass point meanings, at. Go to the MAP and click on the HYBRID version: It contains this information, then the map, and below the map detailed information on the history, condition and current location of each stone. 72.66.43.34 (talk) 16:21, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Per the article, the "compass" data show the variation, i.e. the delta between true north and magnetic north. BTW the variation nowadays (2020) is quite different, around 10°40' W, in other words about a full 11° west of the "18' E" shown in the photo for SE #6. It was probably understood back then that the magnetic poles drift so I wonder why they bothered to memorialize the variation on the stones. Asr34 (talk) 21:00, 24 May 2020 (UTC)

West cornerstone street address
While the street address for the west cornerstone is Arizona St in Arlington County, it might be useful for people to know that north and south of the park, in Fairfax Co & Falls Church City, respectively, that street is called Meridian St. The only part named Arizona is the tiny bit that's in that corner of Arlington, just at the park entrance. The street is signed as Meridian at West St. and at Lincoln Ave., and that's what people would want to look for if they're looking for this marker. Is there a place to note that somewhere? You can see a map of the Falls Church City boundary at. Troutfang (talk) 21:58, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

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photos should be included in, many are available
Hey, this list-article needs a column for photos, not an "also known as" column. Photos for many of the stones are available, probably for all of the separately NRHP-listed ones. E.g. several are available within National Register of Historic Places listings in western Washington, D.C.. --Doncram (talk) 20:50, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Taken care of. --evrik (talk) 16:52, 12 October 2018 (UTC)