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Land Survey Corners Marked

Date: 02 02 1960
Description: The Madison Redevelopment Authority joined in the city's program of locating and permanently marking land survey corners in the Madison area. Here they mar...
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Surveying Class Practicing in front of Science Hall

Date: 1900
Description: A class of engineering students practicing surveying in front of Science Hall, located on the University of Wisconsin (Madison) campus. Eleven engineering ...
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Surveyor's Drawings of William Deerings Agricultural Works

Date: 1919
Description: Surveyor's drawings of William Deerings Agricultural Works in Lake View, Illinois erected in 1880.
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The Territorial Oak

Date: 1981
Description: View across street towards a very tall bur oak towering over nearby houses at the corner of Main and Franklin Streets. There is a small monument at its bas...
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Cram/Houghton Blaze Tree

Date: 1982
Description: A segment of the trunk of a pine bears the scars of a "blaze" carved with an ax and bearing the inscription: "XIX T. J. Cram, D. Houghton Aug 11, 1841." C...
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Hanerville Oak

Date: 1955
Description: A large, spreading bur oak standing directly in the intersection of Hammond and Hanerville Roads, both unpaved. There is a row of smaller trees lining Hane...

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