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Can anyone identify what kind of chain this is
charles-l-dowdell replied 3 years, 3 months ago 17 Members · 26 Replies
English Chesterman Chain on my bookcase, 66?? Surveyor??s
Chesterman were based in Sheffield, England. They merged with Rabone of Birmingham, England in 1963 to form Rabone Chesterman.
Chain is very similar to the one I used on my first employment in 1969. The tallies ran from 1 to 4 from each end, so you had to be very careful not to record 4 (40ft) when it should have been 4(100-40 ft). 1,2 and 3 weren’t a problem unless you were hopeless at estimating distance
@daryl-moistner “4 P” equals 4 poles?
Jeff D.@brad-ott, thanks for the spreadsheet software, it has been a bear for 25 years of files.
Had to start somewhere.
Thanks again and be safe
I had one at one time, but sold it several years ago. It was a 100′ “Engineers Chain” with 1′ links. If it was a 66′ (100 link) chain, I probably would not have sold it.
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