Land Surveyors United - Global Surveying Community2024-03-28T14:53:02Zhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/feed/allsurveyors 1400 BC Egypthttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/surveyors-1400bcegypt2019-10-07T16:58:23.000Z2019-10-07T16:58:23.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3650287255?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Land Surveying dates back to 1400 B.C.? Ancient Egyptians utilized land surveying for the taxation of land plots and used measuring ropes, plumb bobs and other instruments to measure plots of land.</p></div>1818 AMERICAN SURVEYOR BOOK Land SURVEYING Union Pacifichttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/1818-american-surveyor-book-land-surveying-union-pacific-57-12019-10-05T19:09:28.000Z2019-10-05T19:09:28.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3647164593?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>1818 AMERICAN SURVEYOR BOOK Land SURVEYING Union Pacific</p></div>Antique Plumb Bob solid brass with steel tiphttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/antique-plumb-bob-solid-brass-with-steel-tip-572019-10-05T19:09:28.000Z2019-10-05T19:09:28.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3647164767?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Antique Plumb Bob solid brass with steel tip</p></div>1818 AMERICAN SURVEYOR BOOK Land SURVEYING Union Pacifichttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/1818-american-surveyor-book-land-surveying-union-pacific-57-32019-10-05T19:09:28.000Z2019-10-05T19:09:28.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3647164757?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>1818 AMERICAN SURVEYOR BOOK Land SURVEYING Union Pacific</p></div>1818 AMERICAN SURVEYOR BOOK Land SURVEYING Union Pacifichttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/1818-american-surveyor-book-land-surveying-union-pacific-572019-10-05T19:09:27.000Z2019-10-05T19:09:27.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3647164752?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>1818 AMERICAN SURVEYOR BOOK Land SURVEYING Union Pacific</p></div>1818 AMERICAN SURVEYOR BOOK Land SURVEYING Union Pacifichttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/1818-american-surveyor-book-land-surveying-union-pacific-57-22019-10-05T19:09:27.000Z2019-10-05T19:09:27.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3647164581?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>1818 AMERICAN SURVEYOR BOOK Land SURVEYING Union Pacific</p></div>RARE No-7 Bostrom Brady Surveyor Transit 57https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/rare-no-7-bostrom-brady-surveyor-transit-572019-10-05T19:09:27.000Z2019-10-05T19:09:27.000Z⚡Survenator⌁https://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/Survenator<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3647164740?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>RARE No-7 Bostrom Brady Surveyor Transit 57</p></div>Surveyors and Ford Truck Ad 1960shttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/adfordtruck2019-02-19T19:43:21.000Z2019-02-19T19:43:21.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1155392147?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Ford Truck Ad 1960s featuring Surveyors</p>
</div>1930s Chevrolet Advertisementhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/adchevy2019-02-19T19:43:21.000Z2019-02-19T19:43:21.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1155392192?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>1930s Chevrolet Advertisement featuring Land Surveyors</p>
</div>Ford Truck Advertisement 1960shttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/adford2019-02-19T19:43:21.000Z2019-02-19T19:43:21.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1155392145?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Ford Truck Advertisement 1960s</p>
</div>Surveying Company Ad Los Angelas 1930shttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/adcook12019-02-19T19:43:21.000Z2019-02-19T19:43:21.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1155392190?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Surveying Company Ad Los Angelas 1930s</p>
</div>Engineers survey an extensive tankhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/engineers-survey-an-extensive-tank2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385963?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div></div>queen-AGA Geodimeter 14https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/queen-aga-geodimeter-142017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385954?profile=RESIZE_180x180&width=170"></div><div></div>A North American Indian uses survey equipment near irrigation ditches. circa 1915https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/a-north-american-indian-uses-survey-equipment-near-irrigation2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385952?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div></div>japanese-military-surveyorhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/japanese-military-surveyor2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385948?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div></div>nazishttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/nazis2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385961?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=338"></div><div></div>Surveyors Stopping Work To Pose for Picturehttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/surveyors-stopping-work-to-pose-for-picture2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385941?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div></div>not-goodhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/not-good2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385938?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div></div>calculatorhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/calculator2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385987?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=360"></div><div><p><span>Curta Mechanical Calculator, a small, hand-cranked mechanical calculator introduced by Curt Herzstark in 1948. It can be used to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and (with more difficulty) square roots and other operations. considered the best portable calculators available until they were displaced by electronic calculators in the 1970s.</span></p>
</div>May his dream come truehttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/may-his-dream-come-true2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385931?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div></div>Leonard M. Berlin, Cadastral Engineerhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/leonard-m-berlin-cadastral-engineer2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385936?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Leonard M. Berlin, Cadastral Engineer</p>
</div>William Mulhollandhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/william-mulholland-the-l-a-water-czar-who-brought-water-to-town2017-09-22T21:02:20.000Z2017-09-22T21:02:20.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385927?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>William Mulholland, the L.A. water czar who brought water to town from the Owens River Valley, with surveying equipment in the 1920s.</p>
</div>A young man with a level on a tripod, circa 1890https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/a-young-man-with-a-theodolite-on-a-tripod-circa-18902017-09-02T19:22:04.000Z2017-09-02T19:22:04.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385907?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=380"></div><div><p>A young man with a level on a tripod, circa 1890</p>
</div>A.J. Russell, Surveying under difficultieshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/a-j-russell-surveying-under-difficultiesunion-pacific-railroad2017-09-02T19:22:04.000Z2017-09-02T19:22:04.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385909?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=383"></div><div><p>A.J. Russell, Surveying under difficulties Union Pacific Railroad 1864-1869</p>
</div>Triangulation Station, Hawaiian Islandshttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/triangulation-station-hawaiian-islands2017-09-02T19:22:04.000Z2017-09-02T19:22:04.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385958?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Triangulation Station, Hawaiian Islands</p>
</div>survey crew 1890https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/survey-crew-18902017-09-02T19:22:04.000Z2017-09-02T19:22:04.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385898?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>survey crew 1890</p>
</div>1920s Idaho Survey Crewhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/1920s-idaho-survey-crew2017-09-02T19:12:11.000Z2017-09-02T19:12:11.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385934?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><a class="_58cn" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/surveyinghistory?source=feed_text&story_id=10156588525402586" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}"><span class="_5afx"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz">#</span><span class="_58cm">surveyinghistory</span></span></a> Circa 1920's</p>
<p>This is a surveying photo near the Eagle Bar Mine in the Seven Devils Mining District, Adams County Idaho</p>
</div>Acording to Gunterhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/gunter-newspaper2017-09-02T19:12:11.000Z2017-09-02T19:12:11.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385919?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=325"></div><div><p>newspaper Article</p>
</div>1900s Survey Crew On Logging Flumehttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/surveying-history/photos/1900s-survey-crew-on-logging-flume2017-09-02T19:12:10.000Z2017-09-02T19:12:10.000ZJustin Farrowhttps://landsurveyorsunited.com/surveyors/justin<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/6385918?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Wow! Circa 1900 Here is a photo of logging Flume carrying logs from Hume Lake in Sequoia National Forest to Sanger, CA. <a class="_58cn" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/surveyinghistory?source=feed_text&story_id=10156588523392586" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}"><span class="_5afx"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz">#</span><span class="_58cm">surveyinghistory</span></span></a></p>
<p>You can see the survey crew on the flume holding an instrument and tripod.</p>
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