General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal [steel ?]

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

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Height

2.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

8.1 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Metrology

Category

Length

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Lufkin

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Windsor

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Presumably used c. late 1900s- late 1940s.

Canada

Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1]

Function

TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS IN FEET & INCHES.

Technical

Compact, rugged tape measure has metal casing and crank handle. Tape face has Lufkin's trademark "Nubian" finish: the raised natural metal markings were designed to stand out against the rust resistant dull black background. Like many other Lufkin metal tapes, this one bears the last preceding foot number repeated at each inch. This "instantaneous" reading was designed to reduce errors and save time. Lufkin literature noted "We recommend its use where case comes much into contact with tools, with metal, oil or abrasives. Among other places it is a popular tape for tool chests...." [Ref. 4, p.13]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"THE "RIVAL"/ ACCURACY GUARANTEED/ 50 FT/ THE LUFKIN RULE CO. OF CANADA LTD./ WINDSOR, ONT." stamped into one side of case. Inch gradients labelled.

Missing

Missing significant length of measuring tape (+ 20 feet). Possibly missing end cap on tape.

Finish

Plated (?) silver colour metal case & crank handle; darkened metal tape.

Decoration

N/A