This brass disk is atop the historical survey monument that will be relocated due to the State Capitol Annex project. Photo by Project Delivery
Note: The following story was submitted by Caltans' Division of Project Delivery.
The Caltrans Survey program recently completed a survey project to perpetuate the position of an historical survey monument in the grounds of the State Capitol in downtown Sacramento that will be removed to accommodate the Capitol Annex project.
The granite stone was set in 1888 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). The Caltrans survey project was accepted by the National Geodetic Survey and given the highest vertical survey accuracy possible.
As a result of the Caltrans’ efforts to educate the staff from DGS and the Annex project team on the significance of this monument, it has now been included in the Annex project to be prominently relocated in a public area with an information plaque.
The Caltrans survey team that worked on the Capitol monument project included, from left, Parker Compton, Ray Miller, Chris Barr, Ken Kruger, Kevin Lundy and John Marcus.
Photo by Project Delivery
Shown here is the monument with the letters and numbers of its aged engraving superimposed atop the image.
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The red circle shows the current location of the monument. The Capitol Annex, to the right (east) of the dome, is going to be redone.
Photo by Project Delivery