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Surveyors’ chains and tapes

Posted on July 21, 2025
https://ice-museum-scotland.hw.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/chains_tapes_v01-1.mp4

A short video featuring measuring chains and tapes held by the museum and used by civil engineers and land surveyors (4:39)

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