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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:39:49 +0100
From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum' <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: Lake Havasu City (fwd)

Is there an unofficial 'April Fool's Day' in the Australia today?  My
colleagues and I await the doubtless amusing comments to come, stemming from
this complete misinterpretation of the object seen!

Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, Royal Geographical Society (with the
Institute of British Geographers), London, England)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnnie Sutherland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 01 September 1999 16:50
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Lake Havasu City (fwd)
>
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> Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 10:45:53 +1000
> From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Lake Havasu City
>
> When in Lake Havasu City, Az, in '96, i visited London Bridge, and was
> interested by a dragon statue on a stone near the bridge, with a plaque
> saying that it marked the limit of the City of London's land. There did
> not
> seem to be any other such markers that i could find.
> Can anyone tell me if this menas London, England's laws apply on this land
> in any way, or is it just US realestate owned by an English corporation
> (the City of London)?
>  Is it in any way marked on the USGS 1:24 000 maps?
>
> Are there any other examples of foreign territorial bodies owning land in
> the US?
>
> Brendan Whyte
> University of Melbourne