General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wooden legs/brass head/metal feet.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

18.0 cm

Width

18.0 cm

Height

97.5 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

Cooke Troughton Simms

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

York

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This tripod was used in the 1950s+.

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 transit 1985.0578.001.

Technical

Type sample.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'CT & S' incised on head/'DEPT. OF TRANSPORT/MONTREAL 3167' also incised on head/Round label on head damaged but legible: 'THE ST. [LAWREN]CE SEAWAY AUTHORI[TY]'/Masking tape label on one leg bears following info: 'TRIPOD PART OFTRANSIT #1'/Following written by hand on tripod leg: '9228/PROPERTY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/DIV. MECH. ENG.- HYDRAULICS./OTTAWA ONTARIO/ELL 400E (18)'/'74A' printed in red on legs/Paper tag bears following info.: '784-428' & '411058 4'.

Missing

None

Finish

Wood stained and varnished.

Decoration

N/A