Results of Spirit Leveling in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee

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Excerpt from Results of Spirit Leveling in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee: 1896 to 1909, Inclusive Scope of the work - All results of spirit leveling in these States previously published by the United States Geological Survey and of later work are included in this report, rearranged by quadrangles. The lists herein given are based on the precise-level net as adjusted in 1903 by the Coast and Geodetic Survey upon a common mean sea level datum. The net of precise levels which cross this group of States comprises the following lines run by the United States Geo logical Survey: (1) From Morehead, N. Via Durham, Greensboro, and Newton, N. Knoxville and Cleveland, Tenn., and Macon, Ga. To Brunswick, Ga. (2) from Durham, N. C. To Clarksville, Va. (3) from Greensboro, N. C., to Charleston, W. Va., (4) from Newton, N. C., to Columbia, S. C., (5) from Cleveland to Chattanooga, Tenn., (6) from Stevenson, Ala., to Nashville, Tenn., (7) from Nashville to Prater, Tenn., (8) from Macon to Milledgeville, Ga., (9) from Mem phis, Tenn., to Tutwiler, Miss., and (10) from Memphis to Buntyn, Tenn. This precise-level net also comprises the following lines by the Coast and Geodetic Survey: (1) From Cincinnati, Ohio, via i-iar riman Junction and Chattanooga, Tenn., to Decatur, Ala., (2) from Harriman Junction to Knoxville, Tenn. (3) from Birmingham to Decatur, Ala., (4) from Decatur, Ala., to Corinth, Miss., (5) from Corinth, Miss, to Memphis, Tenn., and (6) from Corinth, Miss, to Cairo, Ill. The following lines by the United States Engineer Corps are also included: (1) From Meridian, Miss, to Birmingham, Ala., (2) from York to Demopolis, Ala., (3) from Decatur to Tuscumbia, Ala., (4) from Riverton Junction, Ala., to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., and (5) the Mississippi River Commission line along the Mississippi. Cooperation and personnel - The leveling in Alabama was done in cooperation with the State during the years 1899 to 1905, inclusive, that in North Carolina was done in cooperation with that State dur ing 1896 and from 1902 to 1909, inclusive. The leveling in Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee was not done in cooperation with the States. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.