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Description

Leveling operations on Anacapa Island.Carrying elevation from bench mark up vertical cliff.Note steel tape and lighthouse in background.Level party of Lorne G. Taylor

Credit

C&GS; Season's Report Taylor 1951-139

Display Date

1951

Location

California, Anacapa Island

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Geodesy

Determining the Elevations - Leveling a Continent

Keywords

Geodesy

Leveling