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OBJECT TYPE: W. HANDLE & REEL
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0392.001

MANUFACTURER: Keuffel & Esser Co.
MODEL: CHAMPION 100 FT.
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL TAPE MOUNTED ON METAL (STEEL ?) REEL HAS COPPER TAGS FASTENED TO TAPE. FITTED WITH TURNED WOODEN HANDLE. WOVEN COTTON STRING TIED TO TRIANGULAR LOOP FASTENED TO OPEN END OF TAPE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.3 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Height: 3.5 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: Keuffel Esser
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF SURVEYOR'S TAPE USED C. 1900S +
Canada: MARCUS SMITH WAS BORN IN NORTHUMBRIA, ENGLAND IN 1831 AND WORKED IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND SURVEY OF EARLY BRITISH RAILWAYS. HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1849 AND WORKED ON THE GREAT WESTERN AND NIAGARA & DETROIT RIVERRAILWAY (UNTIL 1860) AND INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY (RESTIGOUCHE NB DISTRICT) (1868-72); FROM 1872-86 SMITH WORKED FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, AND WAS ACTING ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF DURING THE ABSENCE OF SIR SANFORD FLEMING. (1876-78) HIS LAST POST WAS AS A CONSULTING ENGINEER TO THE CANADIAN GOV'T. (1886-92) MARCUS SMITH DIED IN 1901. (REF. 1). ALTHOUGH RECEIVED WITH SMITH'S SURVEY EQ., THIS TAPE WAS NOT USED BY HIM.
Function: USED TO MEASURE A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE UP TO 100 FEET.
Technical: 100 FT. STEEL TAPE BEARS COPPER TAGS AT 5' INTERVALS. TAPE MOUNTED ON REEL FITTED WITH HANDLE & CRANK.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "CHAMPION/ 100 FT" stamped into tape reel. "KEUFFEL & ESSER Co./ NEW - YORK/ PAT. MAR. 18, 1900" stamped into hand crank on reel. Markers fixed to tape stamped at intervals of 5 ie.) "0", "5", "10", etc. "KEUFFEL & ESSER Co./ NEW - YORK" stamped into band joining ring to tape.
Missing: NONE.
Finish: DULL SILVER METAL TAPE. BRIGHT PLATED (?) SILVER METAL REEL AND CRANK. BLOND WOOD HANDLE HAS BEEN TURNED.
Decoration: N/A

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Keuffel & Esser Co., Tape, after 1900, Artifact no. 2002.0392, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/2002.0392.001/

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