Tuesday October 27th, 2009 Meeting of the North Puget Sound Chapter
WHERE: Pyramid Alehouse, 1201 First Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98134
(Just west of Safeco Field.)
COST:
Members / Associates / Guests - $ 25.00
Students & Unemployed Members - $ 12.00
Pay at the meeting via cash, check to “NPS-LSAW”, VISA, Mastercard or American Express.
TIME:
5:00 - 6:00 PM Social hour
6:00 - 9:00 PM Dinner / Meeting / Program / Raffle
DINNER: Choose from a reduced menu. You don’t need to decide now - pick what you like at the time of the meeting.
RESERVATION DEADLINE: Please reserve your spot by calling Luke Miller at (425) 821-8448 or via e-mail at nps.lsaw@gmail.com no later than the close of business Friday October 23rd, 2009.
RAFFLE TICKETS: Only $ 1.00 each for a chance at some great prizes and to support student scholarships.
MEETING AGENDA:
* Approval of Minutes * Old Business
* Treasurer’s Report * New Business
* Election of 2010 Officers * Good of the Order
* Raffle
PROGRAM:
Ben Peterson, PLS.
The Hoosac Tunnel: A Triumph of Surveying:
In the mid-1800’s a group of investors set out to carve the world’s longest tunnel through five miles of solid rock under 1,700 feet of mountain. It became a tunneling nightmare and political folly but would eventually find its place in history and become recognized as one of the greatest engineering feats in America. The true heroes were the dedicated surveyors that brought the two ends together. This entertaining pictorial presentation features their surveying triumph.