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    Sep 27, 2009, 04:43 PM
    Any ideas what this huge red pole is?
    Here is a photo.

    What is it? What is it for?


    Thanks.

    Sarah
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    Sep 27, 2009, 05:04 PM

    Where is this seen?


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    Sep 27, 2009, 05:15 PM

    City of Lloydminster
    Is this the same pillars?

    From the same link.
    The Alberta-Saskatchewan border runs down the middle of Lloydminister's Main Street. The border markers are shaped like the survey stakes used during the original survey of the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. There are four of them, representing the 4th Meridian which makes the border. The gap between the steel pillars of each monument represents the actual border. Here is what they look like on together:

    These structures replaced the original markers that were built in 1994 and stood 100 Feet (30.5 Meters) high. They were also made of steel. There were some concerns about structural safety that resulted in them being removed. Here is a 2001 photo of the original monuments:


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    Sep 27, 2009, 05:16 PM

    Maybe they are one of those things that keep airplanes from flying into buildings. Do they have lights?
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    Sep 27, 2009, 05:17 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by firmbeliever View Post
    City of Lloydminster
    Is this the same pillars?

    From the same link.
    The Alberta-Saskatchewan border runs down the middle of Lloydminister's Main Street. The border markers are shaped like the survey stakes used during the original survey of the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. There are four of them, representing the 4th Meridian which makes the border. The gap between the steel pillars of each monument represents the actual border. Here is what they look like on together:

    These structures replaced the original markers that were built in 1994 and stood 100 Feet (30.5 Meters) high. They were also made of steel. There were some concerns about structural safety that resulted in them being removed. Here is a 2001 photo of the original monuments:
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    Oh those do look like them.
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    Sep 27, 2009, 05:24 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by firmbeliever View Post
    City of Lloydminster
    Is this the same pillars?

    From the same link.
    The Alberta-Saskatchewan border runs down the middle of Lloydminister's Main Street. The border markers are shaped like the survey stakes used during the original survey of the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan. There are four of them, representing the 4th Meridian which makes the border. The gap between the steel pillars of each monument represents the actual border. Here is what they look like on together:

    These structures replaced the original markers that were built in 1994 and stood 100 Feet (30.5 Meters) high. They were also made of steel. There were some concerns about structural safety that resulted in them being removed. Here is a 2001 photo of the original monuments:
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    WOW! Thanks, Mudweiser. I was a surveyor from 1980-1996, and still do it sometimes on the side, and I have never seen such impressive property line markers. Ever.

    I'm going to look into these, as I'm sure they're mentioned on surveying/engineering sites.

    It says the gap between the poles are the actual line. I'm sure they checked their numbers, angles and distances, three times, before they were put into place.

    Those are amazing.
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    Sep 27, 2009, 05:44 PM

    Firm, your right.

    Thanks guys.

    Sarah

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