Here is a recent blog for a point we tried to find on September 17th. A local TV news reporter came out and filmed us, so the surveying profession got a little publicity.
Great job! Gotta love being a detective, archeologist and best of all, a surveyor.
Really nice.
It is very interesting how the station name ties into the local history.
Well done ,once again.
In New Orleans when the seawall along was built during the WPA, someone at USGS decided to name the BM stations after autos of the early 20th century.
So there is Alco, Buick, Chrysler, Dodge, Essex, Ford, Graham, Haynes, Isotta, Jewett, set along the seawall a of Lake Pontchartrain that still exist to this day.
The USGS marks refer to a interesting knowledge of the early autos and automakers.
http://www.american-automobiles.com/ALCO.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewett_(automobile)
Jerry,
You sure get into some neat surveying stuff. Great post!
Have a great week!
WPA & ALCO ...
The name of the Chief Geodetic Surveyor of the WPA's Louisiana Geodetic Survey was Robert Frost. Curious coincidence, and no relation to our mutual friend.
Very interesting Jerry !
Cheers
Derek
