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(@nate-the-surveyor)
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https://m.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-K-E-Keuffel-Esser-TRANSIT-original-box-TRIPOD-5097-49A-WILL-SHIP/142664340529?hash=item2137751431:g:bagAAOSwoFVaW5A-

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No verticle circle,?ÿ

No compass.

It's in Middletown Indiana.

I've never seen one, without a vertical circle... Quite like this.

M

 
Posted : 29/01/2018 7:29 pm
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Nate,

I didn't find the specific model "P5131" in a K&E catalog, but they did show a transit with no vertical circle (Model 5040F).?ÿ It is listed as an engineer's transit and likely used on construction sites for horizontal layout and grades.

 
Posted : 29/01/2018 8:11 pm
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I think that was called a City Transit.

 
Posted : 29/01/2018 8:27 pm
(@a-harris)
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Nice builder's instrument and looks to be in great condition.

 
Posted : 29/01/2018 8:58 pm
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It seems to have a good set of legs.

Good legs, are getting harder to come by.

We had a set of legs, but they burnt in dads office fire, some 17 yrs ago.

Thanks for your comments.

Nate

 
Posted : 30/01/2018 5:14 am
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Posted by: Nate The Surveyor

https://m.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-K-E-Keuffel-Esser-TRANSIT-original-box-TRIPOD-5097-49A-WILL-SHIP/142664340529?hash=item2137751431:g:bagAAOSwoFVaW5A-

?ÿ

No verticle circle,?ÿ

No compass.

It's in Middletown Indiana.

I've never seen one, without a vertical circle... Quite like this.

M

Very likely that it also does not have stadia lines. Technically it is a transit because you can plunge the scope, very critical in prolonging a straight line. It was not designed for nor very useable in field surveying. My father bought a used one as his first instrument and very quickly bought an actual transit (Kegelman Brothers) and gave the cheap one?ÿ away to a contractor.

Paul in PA

 
Posted : 30/01/2018 5:39 am
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Looks like the box was sitting in the water for a while.

Does not have a compass either.

 
Posted : 30/01/2018 12:04 pm
(@nate-the-surveyor)
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it's amazing what can be had for cheap on ebay.?ÿ Total Stations, that cost 12k, for 400.

Old transits for a few hundred.

The market changes alot.

 
Posted : 31/01/2018 2:33 am