Signedstamped around center of reel: KUFFEL [sic] ESSER NEW YORK
Inscribedstamped on reel, near tape slot: 50 FT
FunctionUsed to measure horizontal distances.
Historical AttributesOwned by Martin Gay, civil engineer for the City of New York, whose first job was the Brooklyn Bridge.
Primary Sources"Woven Tapes." Catalogue of Keuffel & Esser Co. 38 (1936): 531.