Engineering reminiscences, ca. 1957.

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Engineering reminiscences, ca. 1957.

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The manuscript details Reaburn's career as a civil engineer. He talks about his experience in various U.S.G.S. projects including the Mississippi River Commission, Alaska and the Denali National Park and Reserve, surveying the boundary between Idaho and Montana, constructing railroads in Alaska and Argentina, his directorship at Grand Canyon National Park and Mount Rainier National Park, and his private engineering work in southern California.

102 pages, typescript, 29 cm.

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United States. Mississippi River Commission

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Geological survey (U.S.)

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E.W. Glafcke was in charge of a crew during the United States Geological Survey's spirit leveling activities in Wyoming and Utah from 1896 to 1912. From the guide to the United States Geologic Survey photograph collection, 1892-1912, 1898-1902, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) First organized as a branch in 1889, the Topographic Division was established in 1947. From the description of Records of the Topographic Division. (Unknown). World...

Reaburn, De Witt Lee.

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De Witt Lee Reaburn, U.S. Geological Survey topographical engineer, was born in Virginia in 1871. In 1893, he began work for the Mississippi River Commission and in 1896 he obtained his degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Reaburn held many positions in the engineering field including field assistant with the U.S.G.S. while surveying Idaho and Montana, and director of Grand Canyon National Park and Mount Rainier National Park. In the 1920s, Reaburn opened a private engin...