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William Campbell Murdie fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1935-1937.

Reference:

R1584-0-0-E, MG30-B101

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

98122

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William Campbell Murdie fonds
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Date(s):

1935-1937.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of two year-end field reports, 1935 and 1936, by William C. Murdie dealing with the surveying to establish distinctively marked permanent Harbour Line Control Points along the Waterfront of Fort William and Port Arthur, Ont. An accompanying paper, "Establishing Harbour Line Control by Geodetic Triangulation", 1937, by Noel J. Ogilvie, Dominion Geodesist, describes the project in a less personal fashion.

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Murdie, William Campbell, 1891-1965

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Murdie, William Campbell, 1891-1965 : William Campbell Murdie, engineer and surveyor, was born in Seaforth, Ont., July 1, 1891. He left Seaforth to attend the School of Applied Science at the University of Toronto and received his B.A.Sc. in 1913 and M.A.Sc. in 1914. Upon graduation he moved to Ottawa. During World War I and World War II he served as Captain and Major respectively with the 9th Field Company of Canadian Engineers. He received the Military Cross at Vimy Ridge. Mr. Murdie died 13 April 1965.

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General note:

Acquired in 1975 from Gladys M. Murdie (Mrs. William C. Murdie).
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Civil engineering - Canada, 1935-1937 Noel J. Ogilvie, 1937

Surveying - Ontario, 1935-1936 Dominion Geodist, 1937

Fort William (Ont.) - Surveying, 1935-1936 Fort William (Ont.), 1936-1937

Port Authur (Ont.) - Surveying, 1935-1936 Port Arthur (Ont.), 1936-1937

Establishing Harbour Line Control, 1937
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MG30-B101
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Volume [MG30 B 101] 1

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