Gold Rush to Settlement : 1858-1950
Object ID:
2008.002.90
Object Name:
Chain, Surveyor's
Description:
Steel tapes on reels were used by surveying parties in the recent past and are also referred to as chains A tape survey is the most basic and inexpensive type of land survey. Popular in the middle part of the 20th century, tape surveys. while being accurate for distance, lacked substantially in their accuracy of measuring angle and bearing, standards that are practiced by professional land surveyors
Dimensions:
W-15 D-3.75 Cir-48 inches
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