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Jefferson Pier

Jefferson Pier, Jefferson Stone, or the Jefferson Pier Stone, in Washington, D.C., marks the second prime meridian of the United States〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Where Freedom Stands )〕 even though it was never officially recognized, either by presidential proclamation or by a resolution or act of Congress.
==Location and inscription==
The stone is on the National Mall almost due south of the center of the White House and the midline of 16th Street, NW, about due west of the center of the United States Capitol building, almost due north of the center of the Jefferson Memorial and WNW of the center of the Washington Monument.〔(Jefferson Pier, NGS Data Sheet )〕〔Coordinates for:
* Center of the White House:
* Center of United States Capitol
* Center of Jefferson Memorial: 〕
The monument is a , tall granitic monolith with crossing longitudinal and latitudinal lines engraved on its upper surface and with a defaced inscription engraved on its west face that states:

Position of Jefferson
Pier erected December 18, 1804.
Recovered and Re-erected
December 2, 1889.
(line chiseled out )
District of Columbia〔〔Photographs of Jefferson Pier and nearby landmarks:
°
° 〕

The chiseled-out fifth line reportedly once incorrectly stated: "BEING THE CENTER POINT OF THE".〔Geyer, p. 84.〕

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