Chain, surveyor's
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- OBJECT TYPE
- band/100 links
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1168.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Lufkin Rule Co. of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Windsor, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL TAPE/ METAL REEL WITH WOOD HANDLE/ BRASS CORE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.5 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Exploration and Survey
- Category
- Measurement-distance
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Lufkin
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Windsor
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MADE & PROBABLY USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE DISTANCE IN LAND SURVEYING IN CHAINS - Technical
-
MUCH LIGHTER THAN GUNTER CHAINS & ARE MADE A STANDARD LENGTH. THE READING IS LESS DISTINCT & NEEDS MORE CAREFUL USAGE IN CHAINING. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON REEL ARM: 'LUFKIN RULE CO./ OF CANADA LTD./ WINDSOR, ONT.'/ STAMPED ON WINDING HANDLE: 'PATENTED/ 100/ FEET'
- Missing
- LEATHER THONGS AT END
- Finish
- VARNISHED HANDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Lufkin Rule Co. of Canada Ltd., Chain, surveyor's, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1988.1168, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1168.001/
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