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The Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon sent out an announcement that Doug Devine of Medford, Oregon passed away on Feb. 15, 2022.
Doug was the founder of Pacific Survey Supply and prior to that he had worked for Seco. He was one of a kind. Straightforward, savvy, friendly and as honest as the day is long. In 1979-1981 I worked for a small company here in Bend (2 field crews... 6 guys, and an office staff of about the same size ?? PLS, PE, some techs). Every month or two Doug would come by the office in the Seco van. He??d see if the owners needed gear (tightwads that they were they never did?? wouldn??t even buy two-way radios for the crews ?? ??you can yell and communicate with hand signals, you don??t need radios?). He??d hit our place about the time the crews were returning to the office and see if we needed anything. Tripods, chain grips, paper targets, plum bob tips, that sort of thing. We were always excited to see the Seco van parked in front of the office. Doug would shoot the breeze, tell jokes, talk shop. It was always fun talking with him out by the curb. And then visiting with him at conferences the next 3 decades
From Seco he went on to bigger and better things including, in 2001, the scanning of the 1864 wreckage of the CSS Hunley
From the PLSO email
Doug Devine founded Pacific Survey Supply in 1984, which is a high-end surveying and engineering equipment supplier. Over the past 35-years, it has developed into an industry leader, pioneering in sales of unique equipment, systems implementation, and international sales of engineering and surveying systems. Devine has worked on several projects worldwide, including National Geographic's American Paranormal "Bigfoot, Critical Evidence", Eco Nova's "Seahunters, the Search for Early Submarines", mapping of the Nile River, artifacts in Egypt, analysis of ancient temple ruins in the Yucatan and Northwest forest fires forensic investigations. Rarely a PLSO Conference went by without Doug participating as a vendor or speaker, just recently speaking on "Surveying for Gold in Alaska" in Salem this past January.
https://www.memorygardensmortuary.com/obituaries/Douglas-Devine-2/#!/Obituary
The guys manning the CSS Hunley must have been incredibly brave.
The idea was to come up behind a ship, ram an explosive charge on a stick into the rudder and back off before it went off - what sort of nuts battle plan is that?
During the Victorian era Russia scare, NZ imported some Thornycraft Spar-Torpedo boats for harbour defence. Same idea, but they weren't submarines and they had steam engines. There is the remains of one in a museum here. The engine is an amazing piece of fine engineering. But that CSS Hunley was human powered - crazy.
Thanks for posting
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