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Illinois–Indiana State Line Boundary Marker

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Designated
  
September 4, 2002

Created
  
1838

Year built
  
1838

Illinois–Indiana State Line Boundary Marker httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
Chicago, Illinois/Hammond, Indiana, United States

1838 illinois indiana state line boundary marker


The Illinois–Indiana State Line Boundary Marker is a sandstone boundary marker obelisk located near the end of Chicago's Avenue G, just west of the State Line Generating Plant of Hammond, Indiana. Since 1988 it has been 159.359 miles (256.463 km) north of the Wabash River.

The obelisk was constructed by the Office of the United States Surveyor General ca. 1838. In 1988, the marker was relocated 191.09 feet (58.24 m) north of its original location, but the structure continues to straddle the state line between Illinois and Indiana. As one of the earliest structures still standing in Chicago, the marker earned Chicago Landmark status on September 4, 2002.

References

Illinois–Indiana State Line Boundary Marker Wikipedia


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