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Bob, Plumb

Object Name:
Bob, Plumb
Object ID:
2007.070.06
Date:
circa 1970
Description:
Plumb bob. Steel, narrow cone, painted orange except for tip. Orange string attached to end. "5 OZ" and "NO.170" embossed on sides, opposite.
Material:
Metal
Steel
Leather
Dimensions:
H-4.7 Dia-1 inches
Provenance:
Surveying and drafting equipment owned and used by Asa H. Morgan (1904-1994) of Bow and Allenstown, NH. The son of Wallace and Ada Noyes Morgan, Asa graduated from Pembroke Academy in 1921 and attended the University of New Hampshire. He worked the family farm on Bow Bog Road in Bow, surveyed land, and delivered milk to H. P. Hood. He worked as a surveyor from 1950 to the early 1970s. His survey work included Interstate Route 93 in New Hampshire. Mr. Morgan served four years as a state representative, two years as a state senator, and twenty years as a county commissioner. He was a member of the Grange, IOOF, and 32nd degree Mason.

The donor, Rita M. Clough Morgan (1913-2011), was the wife of Asa Morgan.
Credit Line:
Gift of Rita C. Morgan
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