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Geodetic Station Lommel (Iron Man)

Geodetic Station Lommel (Iron Man)

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Geodetic Station Lommel (Iron Man)

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Location: Hechtel-Eksel, Maaseik, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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Claudine en Robert🇧🇪🚴

June 8, 2022

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The Lommel Geodetic Base is a line between several measuring points whose distance was accurately determined in 1852 as a starting point for making a new map of Belgium.

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Dominiek Van Dooren

May 30, 2023

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The Iron Man of Lommel (the Geodetic Station) is a very heavy two-part cast iron construction. The lower part, which is very firmly anchored in the ground, bears the cast-in inscription STATION GEODESIQUE. The upper part stands like a bell jar on the lower part, and contains some marks for surveying. When the bell jar was removed from the base, the surveyors were given a nice, stable and sturdy flat surface, necessary to set up the precision equipment to take their accurate measurements.
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August 2, 2020

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Location: Hechtel-Eksel, Maaseik, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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