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The crow's nest at Station Moclips - 215 feet above the ground

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Description

The crow's nest at Station Moclips - 215 feet above the ground.Note spikes driven into tree - builders would drive spikes and go hand over hand. Triangulation party of H. A. Seran.According to Seran: It took men of uncommon nerve to do this work.

Credit

C&GS; Season's Report Seran 1914

Display Date

1914

Location

Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Geodesy

Triangulation

Wooden Towers & Signal Poles

Keywords

Geodesy

Triangulation

Towers

Wooden