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Rapid Methods in Topographical Surveying
The object of the survey referred to in the present paper was to prepare a map, to the scale of 2 inches to the mile, of a portion of the gold-field lying along the Atlantic coast of the Province of Nova Scotia, together with plans of the mining districts to the scale of 500 feet to the inch. The region consists qf a series of slaty rocks set on edge and running east and west; while the direction of all the principal streams and longer lakes is north and south. This mnkes the topography complicated and the amount of detail very great. Lakes are numerous; and the ground is hilly between them, although it rarely rises to a height of more than 300 or 400 feet above sea-level. The river valleys are usually wooded; and in many places the streams forni long and narrow pools, which wind through swampy thickets of willow and alder. These are known as “still waters.” The uplands consist of rocky ridges and masses of loose rock, mostly overgrown with scrub and thickets. The lakes seldom have any beach, but are sometimes surrounded by peaty swamps, and sometimes by shores of loose rock. There are settlements in places and a few mining villages. Two lines of road run through the region surveyed, one along the shore and the other further inland, parallel to it; and there are a few cross-roads. The only map which existed was to the scale of 1 ν miles to the inch, showing the roads, with the houses along them, with tolerable correctness. The principal lakes and streams were sketched in their position re]atively to the roads, without any attempt at accuracy in detail; and some of the more prominent hills were indicated.
Rapid Methods in Topographical Surveying
The object of the survey referred to in the present paper was to prepare a map, to the scale of 2 inches to the mile, of a portion of the gold-field lying along the Atlantic coast of the Province of Nova Scotia, together with plans of the mining districts to the scale of 500 feet to the inch. The region consists qf a series of slaty rocks set on edge and running east and west; while the direction of all the principal streams and longer lakes is north and south. This mnkes the topography complicated and the amount of detail very great. Lakes are numerous; and the ground is hilly between them, although it rarely rises to a height of more than 300 or 400 feet above sea-level. The river valleys are usually wooded; and in many places the streams forni long and narrow pools, which wind through swampy thickets of willow and alder. These are known as “still waters.” The uplands consist of rocky ridges and masses of loose rock, mostly overgrown with scrub and thickets. The lakes seldom have any beach, but are sometimes surrounded by peaty swamps, and sometimes by shores of loose rock. There are settlements in places and a few mining villages. Two lines of road run through the region surveyed, one along the shore and the other further inland, parallel to it; and there are a few cross-roads. The only map which existed was to the scale of 1 ν miles to the inch, showing the roads, with the houses along them, with tolerable correctness. The principal lakes and streams were sketched in their position re]atively to the roads, without any attempt at accuracy in detail; and some of the more prominent hills were indicated.
Rapid Methods in Topographical Surveying
Dawson, William Bell (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 11 ; 397-404
2021-01-01
81882-01-01 pages
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Rapid Methods in Topographical Surveying
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