Surveyor's Chain Winder
date: label: date made
content: 1760-1840
notes: label: Description
content: Surveyor's chain winder consisting of a cylindrical central shaft running through an X-shaped frame with incurved or U-shaped sides forge-welded to the top and bottom crosspieces. Shaft is secured at top with a square washer and ends at bottom in a spear point that can be driven into the ground. One end of top crosspiece has an iron baluster handle; opposite end of bottom crosspiece has a small spike that can also be pushed into the ground to prevent reel from moving. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.388995
label: catalog number
content: 388995
label: accession number
content: 182022
objectType: label: Object Name
content: winder, surveyor's chain
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron, wrought (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 5/8 in x 22 3/8 in x 8 3/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 56.8325 cm x 21.2725 cm