Curator's note | This crew consists of an instrument man who operates a sextant mounted on a tripod, a rodman and a chairman. The rodman holds the leveling staff while measurements of distance and elevation are made; a chairman helps measure distances with a surveyor chain; an instrument man adjusts and reads instruments for measurement (level, transit, laser, calculators/field computers, etc.) |
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Title | Highway Survey Crew |
Date | 12 May 1959 |
Physical extent | 1 photograph : b&w |
Scope and content | Saskatchewan Department of Highways workmen preparing to start a survey job. |
Repository | Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection |
Retrieval information | Regina Office Photograph Collection, R-A14081-1 |
Occupation(s) |
Surveyors and surveying Construction - roads |
Theme(s) |
Construction |
Database ID | 36814 |