Under the direction of the Camp Clerk (Mike Webb, L.S.) students from SUNY Ranger School made a return recovery to the ”Great Corner” this fall. A detailed write-up can now be downloaded from the “Past Recoveries” page.
Well done Mike,
Crew,
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for another successful recovery. All went well with various points being recovered. The weather could have been better on the summits but at least no serious rain. Check back in a few weeks on the “Past Recoveries” page for a full write up.
Jim Vianna
I first came across these pictures while visiting the Adirondack Research Center of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks about two years ago. Having never seen anything like this in the surveying world previously, to say it caught my interest is an understatement. Well, after keeping my ears open, I finally obtained the last Colvin report published for the years 1898-1899 which was edited by fellow crew member Norman J. VanValkenburg and published in 1989. Much to my surprise, therein was found a detailed report on the use of these measuring bars as written by Professor E. A. Fuertes, Director and Dean of the College of Civil Engineering of Cornell University. This report details the Professor’s work at Lake Placid in August of 1897.
While I admit that the following report is an exception rather than the norm for the expected accuracy of Colvin’s work, I find it extremely interesting and worthy of an easy future recovery.
These two pictures show the crew measuring down the slope of land towards the shore of Lake Placid
(Note: the use of two instruments in this process)
Here is the actual report as told in Prof. Fuertes own words and as extracted from “REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE LAND SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR 1898″ edited by Norman J. Van Valkenburgh , The Adirondack Research Center of the Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks, 1989, first edition.
(Click on the individual page to open it in a larger window for ease of viewing)
Items worthy of note are: The Professor being upset with the monument being 1 mm out of position, 20 days to go 1,144 feet and a difference in the two runs of 0.002± of a foot.
On May 14, 2009 at a general membership dinner meeting of the Eastern New York Society of Land Surveyors (ENYSLS) held in Ballston Spa, N. Y., a presentation was made on behalf of the Colvin Crew to C. Howard Johannessen, L.S. (President of ENYSLS) and Kurt Heiss, L.S. (crew webmaster) for their assistance in creating our Website. A power point presentation then followed on V. Colvin’s accomplishments.
C. Howard Johannessen, L.S., ENYSLS President accepting on behalf of ENYSLS
Kurt Heiss, L.S. (crew webmaster) receiving the coveted “crew pin” along with membership in the Crew.
More pictures can be found at the ENYSLS website http://www.enysls.org/pictures/5-2009/index.html
Thanks again,
Jim Vianna, Superintendent
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