Bill93 14 Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 (edited) As previously mentioned, the dedication of the Bilby tower that was rescued from oblivion will be held in the home town of Jasper Bilby in southeast Indiana. A public invitation and schedule is posted on the professional forum. Dave Doyle is a featured speaker. Some prior threads: George reports a tower found Some links to tower history A thread with more links Edited May 15, 2014 by Bill93 Quote Link to post
Bill93 14 Posted June 9, 2014 Author Share Posted June 9, 2014 We're thinking of going, even though it will take a 3-day weekend to do it comfortably. Anybody else on here? Quote Link to post
foxtrot_xray 5 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 We're thinking of going, even though it will take a 3-day weekend to do it comfortably. Anybody else on here? Won't be able to make it, myself. Have visitors in town over that week! Have fun though, get pics! Quote Link to post
Bill93 14 Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 (edited) More pictures from the event are posted on the previously linked thread. http://surveyorconnect.com/index.php?mode=thread&id=260784#p265238 Edited June 15, 2014 by Bill93 Quote Link to post
Bill93 14 Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 A recent article with pictures of wooden towers used before Bilby towers. http://www.amerisurv.com/PDF/TheAmericanSurveyor_Theberge-WoodenTowers_June2014.pdf Quote Link to post
+joshuar9476 0 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Dang ... I live in Greensburg, just 25 or so miles north, and I'm just now reading about this. Sorry I missed it. Quote Link to post
Bill93 14 Posted September 10, 2014 Author Share Posted September 10, 2014 Data sheets are available for station BILBY and its AZ mark. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=DP4743 http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=DP4742 Quote Link to post
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