Dublin Core
Title
Hub, survey line
Subject
Exploration and Survey
Survey equipment
Description
PLACED ON SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF LOT 15 GROUP 6 AT CARCROSS, YUKON BY H.G. DICKSON, D.L.S. IN 1905/ PART OF CDN LANDMARKS COLLECTION, EST'D IN 1952 BY R.W. CLARK, D.L.S., S.L.S. THESE MARKERS SPACE OVER 200 YRS OF CANADIAN SURVEYING & INCLUDE ITEMS FROM EVERY PROVINCE & TERRITORY EXCEPT NFLD.
SERVE AS MARKERS & REFERENCE POINTS FOR TRANSITMEN RUNNING A TANGENT ON A SURVEY LINE. HUBS ARE PLACED AT EACH ANGLE IN THE LINE, & AT CONVENIENT POINTS BETWEEN (IE. AT THE TOP OF A RISE), WHERE THE TRANSITMAN HAS VISIBILITY FORWARD & BACKWARD. SIGHTING FROM HUB TO HUB THE LINE IS ADVANCED. AT THE END OF EACH TANGENT WHERE THE LINE CHANGES DIRECTION THE ANGLE IS ACCURATELY MEASURED
1905-1959
* SOURCE: HISTORIC MONUMENTS COMMITTEE, MR. R.O. SEMPER, CHAIRMAN/ ORIGINALLY MOUNTED ON DISPLAY BOARD, REMOVED BY NMST 1994.02.00/ LINE HUB PLACED ON SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF LOT 15, GROUP 6 AT CARCROSS, YUKON BY H.G. DICKSON, D.L.S. IN 1905. FOUND BY R.T. MCCURDY, D.L.S. IN 1959/ A HUB IS A STAKE DRIVEN FLUSH WITH THE GROUND, WITH A TACK CENTERED IN TOP. A PLUMB LINE CENTERED OVER TACK PROVIDES REFERENCE POINT FOR SURVEY TRANSIT MAN./ SEE ALSO 940446-940450/
Date
1905-1959
1905
1959
Rights
Government of Canada Open Government Licence https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
Identifier
1973.0687
Coverage
Yukon Territories
CARCROSS