rodman
Americannoun
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a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
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a person who carries the leveling rod in surveying.
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Origin of rodman
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He started with the road as a rodman in 1901 after graduating from Trinity College, trod the traditional path of railroad promotion until 1926 when he was made vice president in charge of operations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since President Thomson's time nearly every chief executive of the road has begun his career either as a rodman in the Pennsylvania engineering department or a mechanic in its shops.
From Time Magazine Archive
Son of a railroad president, he went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, began railroading in 1868 as a rodman.
From Time Magazine Archive
After graduating from Purdue he went to work as a rodman for the I. C., rose steadily through the engineering department.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boy was at first given manual work, but soon advanced to rodman and rapidly rose as he gained facility with the surveying apparatus.
From The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman by Vogel, Robert M.
Two minutes later the assistant engineer rode out with a pair of rodmen whom he picked up on the way to Nineteen.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
"Reade really ought to have two rodmen," broke in Harry eagerly.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
"You cubs better clear out of here now," suggested one of the rodmen.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
The rest were going out into the field, some of them as engineers in embryo, the rest as chainmen and rodmen.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
Both the engineers and rodmen felt a trifle dazed.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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