Smoot reflects on his measurement feat as 50th anniversary nears

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Alumnus Oliver Smoot is used to measure the Mass. Ave. bridge in 1958.
Alumnus Oliver Smoot is used to measure the Mass. Ave. bridge in 1958.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As his fraternity brothers laid his 5-foot, 7-inch frame end-to-end to measure the Massachusetts Avenue bridge one night in October 1958, there was one distinct thought running through Oliver Smoot's mind.


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