F Fooleeze Senior Member Joined Jun 23, 2018 Messages 340 Location Copley, OH Jan 27, 2020 #1 Hello, I came across the following symbol on an old map. Can someone tell me what it might stand for? I haven't seen this one yet. "C.B" Attachments cb.jpg 1.9 KB · Views: 425
Hello, I came across the following symbol on an old map. Can someone tell me what it might stand for? I haven't seen this one yet. "C.B"
Bobcat Junior Member Joined Nov 9, 2009 Messages 92 Location Northern Kentucky Jan 27, 2020 #2 Fooleeze said: Hello, I came across the following symbol on an old map. Can someone tell me what it might stand for? I haven't seen this one yet. "C.B" Click to expand... Hello, I found a dictionary of abbreviations for cartography and it had this. C.B. Hollow concrete or cement block construction https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html This is the link to the dictionary. Hope this helps!
Fooleeze said: Hello, I came across the following symbol on an old map. Can someone tell me what it might stand for? I haven't seen this one yet. "C.B" Click to expand... Hello, I found a dictionary of abbreviations for cartography and it had this. C.B. Hollow concrete or cement block construction https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/abbrev.html This is the link to the dictionary. Hope this helps!
F Fooleeze Senior Member Joined Jun 23, 2018 Messages 340 Location Copley, OH Jan 27, 2020 #3 Hm, interesting, not sure that solves anything. So while the 'C.B' doesn't always show up, that little jagged symbol does more often. . . This is from an 1876 map. Is this maybe a wall of some kind? Attachments image.JPG 10.4 KB · Views: 420
Hm, interesting, not sure that solves anything. So while the 'C.B' doesn't always show up, that little jagged symbol does more often. . . This is from an 1876 map. Is this maybe a wall of some kind?
F Fooleeze Senior Member Joined Jun 23, 2018 Messages 340 Location Copley, OH Jan 27, 2020 #4 Hm. . . I found this on the Historic Aerials website, it's a possibility. Not 100% exactly the same thing, but awful close: Attachments cliff dwelling.JPG 9.7 KB · Views: 344
Hm. . . I found this on the Historic Aerials website, it's a possibility. Not 100% exactly the same thing, but awful close:
beest Elite Member Joined Nov 10, 2010 Messages 877 Location Netherlands [europe] Jan 27, 2020 #5 Fooleeze said: Hm. . . I found this on the Historic Aerials website, it's a possibility. Not 100% exactly the same thing, but awful close: Click to expand... That's another one. That's closed at the bottom. The differences are in such small differences.
Fooleeze said: Hm. . . I found this on the Historic Aerials website, it's a possibility. Not 100% exactly the same thing, but awful close: Click to expand... That's another one. That's closed at the bottom. The differences are in such small differences.
F Fooleeze Senior Member Joined Jun 23, 2018 Messages 340 Location Copley, OH Jan 27, 2020 #6 Ok, I found it, I think for sure now. . . it shows (for german map makers) that symbol is for a quarry: Attachments Quarries.JPG 84.2 KB · Views: 704
Ok, I found it, I think for sure now. . . it shows (for german map makers) that symbol is for a quarry:
EmuDetector Forum Supporter Joined May 23, 2019 Messages 2,345 Location Texas Jan 27, 2020 #7 Is there a culvert there or maybe a bridge? I wonder if the "cement block construction" someone above mentioned would help back that.
Is there a culvert there or maybe a bridge? I wonder if the "cement block construction" someone above mentioned would help back that.
F Fooleeze Senior Member Joined Jun 23, 2018 Messages 340 Location Copley, OH Jan 28, 2020 #8 Haven't been there yet, but from what I understand it is all hilly, wooded area. A lot of mining was done in the area. But we'll keep all of that in mind if/when I ever get there. EmuDetector said: Is there a culvert there or maybe a bridge? I wonder if the "cement block construction" someone above mentioned would help back that. Click to expand...
Haven't been there yet, but from what I understand it is all hilly, wooded area. A lot of mining was done in the area. But we'll keep all of that in mind if/when I ever get there. EmuDetector said: Is there a culvert there or maybe a bridge? I wonder if the "cement block construction" someone above mentioned would help back that. Click to expand...