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A wooden triangulation tower within a tower

Description

A wooden triangulation tower within a tower. Inner tower was to support theinstrument while the outer tower supported the observer.

Credit

Mr. Floyd Risvold, USC&GS;

Photographer

Mr. Oscar Risvold

Display Date

1923

Location

Alaska, Between Anchorage and Fairbanks

Category

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey
Geodesy
Oscar and Floyd Risvold

NOAA Affiliation

USC&GS;