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Wedge and Delaware
The Wedge of land between the northwest part of the arc and the Maryland border was claimed by both Delaware and Pennsylvania until 1921, when Delaware's claim was confirmed.
According to Dave Doyle at the National Geodetic Survey, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the common corner of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, at The Wedge is marked by Boundary Monument # 87.
* The Wedge, part of the boundary between the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware in the United States.
Even though the area of the Wedge is quite small, just over one square mile, to understand its significance requires some background of the colonial history of the Province of Maryland, the Delaware Colony, and the Province of Pennsylvania.
Clearly Maryland no longer had a claim to the Wedge, as it is east of the Mason – Dixon Line and as both Pennsylvania and Delaware were owned by the Penns, there was no particular incentive to determine which possession it was a part of, at least until they became separate states.
* Pennsylvania claimed the Wedge because it was beyond the Twelve-Mile Circle and past the Maryland side of the Mason – Dixon Line, therefore neither part of Maryland or Delaware.
* Delaware claimed the Wedge because it was never intended that Pennsylvania should go below the northern border of Maryland ( which originally ran at 40 ° N all the way to the Delaware River ).
By simple merits of the geometry, the Wedge more logically fit as a part of Delaware, which exercised jurisdiction of the area.
Delaware Route 273 and Delaware Route 896 cut across the Wedge.

Wedge and is
* Dave Wedge is a political columnist, longtime reporter and frequent TV and radio commentator.
Wedge Antilles is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.
Wedge is also notable for being the only Rebel pilot to have survived both attack runs on the Death Stars at the battles of Yavin and Endor.
In this scene Wedge is portrayed by Colin Higgins and voiced by David Ankrum, who dubs the character throughout the film.
After the battle, Wedge is seen and heard wishing Luke a safe trip.
His dogfighting prowess is shown again in this battle, as Wedge personally shoots down a number of Imperial TIE Fighters, and appears to easily navigate the narrow and treacherous flight spaces inside the Death Star that lead to its core.
Wedge is a popular and important character of the original Star Wars trilogy despite his brief screen time.
Wedge ( almost always alongside another Red Squadron wingman, Biggs Darklighter ) is a recurring character and a running gag in the Final Fantasy video game series ( for example, Final Fantasy 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 and even games outside of the Final Fantasy Universe ( but made by the same company, Squaresoft ) such as Chrono Trigger and Kingdom Hearts II ).
Some of the world's legendary surf spots are in Southern California as well, including Trestles, Rincon, The Wedge, Huntington Beach, and Malibu, and it is second only to the island of Oahu in terms of famous surf breaks.
She nearly succeeds in taking over the galaxy, but is foiled by New Republic pilots Wedge Antilles and Lando Calrissian in the final entry, Champions of the Force.
Wedge ­ Works direc ­ tor Chris Wedge ( Ice Age ) is pro ­ duc ­ ing, and is con ­ sid ­ er ­ ing direct ­ ing the film as well.
* The Nillumbik Shire Council which is located approximately 30 km ( 19 miles ) north-east of Melbourne is considered as " The Green Wedge Shire " because of the agreement with the Victorian Government which prevents high-density infrastructure to be built.
Town-developed housing for seniors continues to flourish across from Wedge Pond, home to Borggaard Beach and Splash Park, a popular swimming spot which is continually monitored to ensure safe water quality levels.
* In the 2005 film Robots, the fictional town of Rivet Town is based on Watertown, where Robots director Chris Wedge lived during his teens.
Johnson is best known as one of the founders of the intelligent design movement, principal architect of the Wedge Strategy, author of the Santorum Amendment, and one of the ID movement's most prolific authors.
Johnson is one of the authors of the Discovery Institute's Wedge Document and its Teach the Controversy campaign, which attempts to cast doubt on the validity of the theory of evolution, its acceptance within the scientific community, and reduce its role in public school science curricula while promoting intelligent design.
In the 2010 episode " Postcards from the Wedge ", Bart is distracted from his homework by an episode of Pokémon.
The intersection of South Avenue and Alexander Street in the South Wedge neighborhood is home to Nathaniel Square Park, which boasts a statue of Nathaniel Rochester sitting on a bench.
* 1990: " Nothing is Easy " on Simple Machines Records # 1 " Wedge " 7 ", re-released on The Machines: Simple Machines 7 " s ( 1990-1993 ) comp.
Some 30 years after Altered Carbon, Takeshi Kovacs is now serving in Carrera's Wedge, a mercenary organisation which joins a corporate war on a distant colony, Sanction IV, and fights the rebellion against the corporate-sponsored government.

Wedge and small
* " The Wedge Fugue " is the popular name given to the organ fugue from Prelude and Fugue in E minor ( BWV 548 ) by Johann Sebastian Bach on account of the opening theme which starts with one note, then with two notes either side forming a minor third ( a small interval ) and then gradually widening to an octave.

Wedge and land
Greensborough borders the beginning of the Green Wedge, an area of bush land left running out northward into Eltham and Diamond Creek.
However, the Nature Conservancy found that the purchasing and protecting of the land was not enough to protect the Dwarf Wedge Mussel due to the complexity of their life cycle and the interference of the Cuddebackville Dam.
Though legally Fawkner and Batman and Wedge, and their respective parties, were considered trespassers on Crown land, they remained in the new settlement, which came to be called Melbourne.
Here Batman showed John Helder Wedge where he had explored and, from these details, Wedge prepared the first map of Melbourne ( published in 1836 ), showing the location Batman had chosen as the site for the " village " and the division of land between association members.

Wedge and along
Wedge appears towards the end of A New Hope as " Red Two ," an X-Wing pilot and a member of Red Squadron along with Luke Skywalker.
When the general election was called in 1987, Red Wedge also organised a comedy tour featuring Lenny Henry, Ben Elton, Robbie Coltrane, Craig Charles, Phill Jupitus and Harry Enfield, and another tour by the main musical participants along with The The, Captain Sensible and the Blow Monkeys.
The Adumari love pilots, so the New Republic's best snubfighter jock, General Wedge Antilles, is dispatched as a diplomat, along with three of Rogue Squadron's finest: taciturn Colonel Tycho Celchu, pessimist Major Derek " Hobbie " Klivian and child-at-heart extraordinaire Major Wes Janson.
In, he served as the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians, but was fired along with Manager Eric Wedge and the rest of the staff at the season's end.
Underground England have been producing creepers since the 1980s, creating new designs along the way such as the Triple Sole and Wedge Creepers.
Nida ( another Star Wars reference, along with Biggs and Wedge ) is a student at Balamb Garden who passes the SeeD exam along with Squall.

Wedge and Maryland
Route 896 passes very close to the tri-point, and actually passes through Maryland before entering Pennsylvania, while Hopkins Bridge Road, a side road off of Route 896, passes near the northeast corner of the Wedge.

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