1962.63.2

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steel%20surveyor%20stakes

steel%20surveyor%20stakes

Details

ID Number

1962.63.2

Category

T&E For Science & Technology

Sub-category

surveying & navigational T&E

Item Type

surveyor

Item Name

stakes

Materials

metal, steel

Measurements

39cmx5.5cm

Description

steel; sharply pointed at 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. From Sandwich library probably at Willistead at one time.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Transportation / Transport subject

Windsor (Ont.) subject

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