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Benjamin Banneker Land Surveyor (1731-1806)

It was not one surveyor alone who made the great Capitol city that we call Washington, D.C. L'Enfant did not work alone. The "lone surveyor" is almost as fictional as the "Lone Ranger".

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Started by Scott D. Warner, PLS

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Surveyor and Conveyancer

I have an old tin sign in my collection that states "Surveyor and Conveyancer". I have assumed all along that the term "Conveyancer" meant that the business handled land transaction closings in some way. The sign is likely to be from the 1800s and

Started by Ronald B Blauch

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Andrew Ellicott Land Surveyor (1754-1820)

How many land surveyors does it take to design a city? George Washington, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Benjamin Banneker, and Andrew Ellicott, were some that have given their collective professional effort for the geometrically unique Capitol City of th

Started by Scott D. Warner, PLS

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C.L. BERGER, INSTRUMENTMAKER of BOSTON

Did you know the first six instruments made by C.L. Berger did not have serial numbers (4 transits, a dumpy level and a wye level) and Berger's first two instruments he made were a No. II Transit and a Dumpy Level

for the Massachusetts Institute of Te

Started by DAVID C. GARCELON

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A PERSPECTIVE ON COLONIAL AMERICAN SURVEYING

I would like to share some of my perspective on early American Surveying History, and at the same time get a discussion going. I have been fortunate enough to have lived New England since I was born, and spent 47 years practicing land surveying here

Started by DAVID C. GARCELON

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WORLD TRADE CENTER CONSTRUCTION SURVEYING

I thought the history of the World Trade Center Twin Towers layout might be an interesting piece of history. This history was written by my friend, William B.F. Lair, a surveyor of the "first order", written shortly before he died in 1987.

The actual

Started by DAVID C. GARCELON

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