Belvedere Tower

Belvedere Tower (HM12LF)

Location: New York, NY 10024 New York County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 46.762', W 73° 58.139'

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Erected in 1869 as a lookout. It now houses the New York Meteorological Observatory which was founded in 1868 by Dr. Daniel Draper who was its director until his retirement in 1912. At which time the observatory came under the direction of the United States Weather Bureau.
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HM NumberHM12LF
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Date Added Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 at 12:52pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 586999 N 4514776
Decimal Degrees40.77936667, -73.96898333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 46.762', W 73° 58.139'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 46' 45.72" N, 73° 58' 8.34" W
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Area Code(s)212, 646, 917, 718
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 72 79th Street Transverse, New York NY 10024, US
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