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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: February 9, 2014
Caption: Mason-Dixon Tangent Stone 12
Additional Description: These boundary markers were made of oolitic limestone imported from England. They had the letters M and P carved into them to indicate Maryland and (the three lower counties of) Pennsylvania. Crownstones like the nearby Oak Grove Crownstone were placed every five miles.
Submitted: February 13, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p266195
File Size: 4.047 Megabytes

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