Tripod
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Extension
- DATE
- 1950–1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0577.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Fennel-Kassel
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wooden legs/metal head and feet.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 100.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Survey equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Fennel Kassel
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Used by the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority. - Function
-
Object on which one securely mounts a surveying instrument at a desired height. In this case, the tripod was used to support level 1985.0576.001. - Technical
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Type sample. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'Fennel/KASSEL' incised on head/Round label on upper end of one leg is damaged, but legible: '[T]HE ST. LAWRENCE SEA[WAY] AUTHORITY/9418'/. '71A' handwritten in red ink on tripod legs/Paper tag attached to tripod bears following info: 'TRIPOD 9418/C-W-LEVEL 503'/Masking tape label bears following info: 'TRIPODS/N 62910'.
- Missing
- None apparent
- Finish
- Wood is varnished.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Fennel-Kassel, Tripod, circa 1950–1960, Artifact no. 1985.0577, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0577.001/
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