Level, Surveyor's

Object Name:

Level, Surveyor's

Object ID:

2007.070.10

Date:

1950-1970

Description:

Surveyor's level, metal. Square tube, with one open end. Other end has peep sight. Spirit level mounted on top, with mirror sight in right side of tube. Comes with leather holster, with brass snap to secure top flap. Flap also doubles as belt loop. No markings on level; holster has extremely worn mark on top of flap, indecipherable script.

Material:

Metal
Leather

Dimensions:

H-0.9 W-0.7 L-5 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

People:

Morgan, Asa H. (1903-1994)

Subjects:

Surveying, Surveying equipment, Surveying instruments, Surveyors, Measures, Measuring