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The most difficult job on a survey crew was that of "axeman."
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The most difficult of surveying assignments at Big Creek was to run levels and alignments for tunnels across the rugged terrain of the back country
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The most difficult of surveying assignments at Big Creek was to run levels and alignments for tunnels across the rugged terrain of the back country. Here, T.R. Bond and his party pose at an unidentified location, about 1912. [THIS IS NOT AN EDISON PHOTO! DO NOT USE THIS NEGATIVE FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM WILLIAM A. MYERS.]
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Dave Redinger's first job after graduation was on a survey trip to Alaska
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Dave Redinger's first job after graduation was on a survey trip to Alaska, mapping locations for coal fields and other large mineral deposits. The location of this camp is not known, but it illustrates the primitive conditions endured on this job.
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A city crew sets a pole in South Central Los Angeles
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A city crew sets a pole in South Central Los Angeles. Note the L.A. Gas and Electric Corp. line across the street. [This photo is courtesy of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.] Pg. 149.
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A group of men clearing a landslide on the Mill Creek #2 Hydro Plant line
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A group of men clearing a landslide on the Mill Creek #2 Hydro Plant line, showing a flume in the background.
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This panoramic view of the area surrounding Florence Lake was also taken during Walter Sohier's 1917 survey trip
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This panoramic view of the area surrounding Florence Lake was also taken during Walter Sohier's 1917 survey trip. The original Florence Lake was a small alpine lake, now much enlarged by the construction of a reservoir.
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Big Creek Scenery - Shaver Lake Country - looking north from south line of survey
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Big Creek Scenery - Shaver Lake Country - looking north from south line of survey - south Line sec. 30 T-g 5.R.25E
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