Yes, he practiced this trade on the various Fairfax and Washington properties. this does not, however, make him an Engineer, like Colonel John Stevens, generally considered the founder of the Corps of Engineers- which was founded under the Colonial arms- so to speak on June l6, l775, so it antedates the revolution. Among other tasks the C.O.E. was responsible for the Panama Canal .
George Washington
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In George Washington's early career he was a surveyor by trade. He held his first public office as a surveyor for the Culpeper Company in 1749.
As a young man, George Washington was learning to be a surveyor. He started working as an assistant surveyor at the age of 16.
As a teenager he became a surveyor until 1751.
A surveyor
surveyor
Land surveyor
Before George Washington was President he was the top general in the Continental Army. George Washington was a farmer and surveyor.
George Washington attended William and Mary College in his native state of Virginia in 1751. He became a surveyor at the age of 19.
Surveyor
George Washington