General Information

Serial #

GE 58-152

Part Number

1

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal casing & parts/ glass optical parts & level tubes/ synthetic lamps & parts/ rubber eyepiece

Dimensions

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

Length

72.0 cm

Width

39.0 cm

Height

44.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Photogrammetry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Gordon

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

circa 1958+

Canada

An instrument used by the Canadian Armed Forces, specifically the Royal Canadian Air Force. It was acquired by CSTM from the Canadian Forces Base in Ottawa via CADC.

Function

An optical tracking instrument used in terrestrial photogrammetry and consisting of a theodolite mounted on a camera that takes a series of photographs from several different points.

Technical

In 2006 Alan Gordon Enterprises celebrated 55 years of service & is located at 5625 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA. The firm manufactures, distributes & services motion picture & video equipment as well as photogrammetric & stereo plotting instruments.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

plate on casing reads "ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE/ PHOTOTHEODOLITE/ TYPE 126 GE-S/ R.C.A.F. SPEC. PHOTO 100-1/ R.C.A.F. REF. NO. 14A/917/ SERIAL NO. GE 58-152 MFD. JAN. 1958/ gordon enterprises/ Serving the World"/ white lettering on optical component reads "16mm APERTURE/ B-1A CAMERA"/ black lettering for control functions/ label on motor reads "EASTERN AIR DEVICES INC./ DOVOR, N.H., U.S.A./ SYNCHRO HYSTERESIS MOTOR/ 1.5 H.P. 1 PH. 60 CY./ 115 V. 10 A./ 1800 R.P.M. 4 MFD. CAP./ CONT. DUTY/ 261 LH73INCJ"/ black handwritten "6720-21-115-0376" on casing/ red handwritten "152" & "32 [degrees]/ 10 fps./ V110 SEC."

Missing

unknown

Finish

casing painted glossy blue-grey/ textured grey optical component casing/ gold handles/ multicoloured lamps & synthetic/ metallic motor casing, parts/ black spirit level casings

Decoration

N/A