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1962.63.1

ID Number: 1962.63.1
Category: T&E For Science & Technology
Sub-category: surveying & navigational T&E
Item Type: surveryor
Item Name: chain
Materials: METAL, STEEL METAL, BRASS
Measurements: 66 feet long
Description: 62.63.1 steel and brass chain; linked stakes with handles on each end 62.63.2.1, .2, .3, .4, .5 steel stakes; sharply pointed with a loop at the top
History: The 100-link surveyor's chain, 66 feet long, set the width of many of Windsor's streets. Windsor a century ago followed the French-Canadian farm lot pattern of 100 years before. The configuration is still with us.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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