Description:
The Gunter’s Chain, designed in England by Edward Gunter in 1620. It was one chain (100 links) long or in imperial measurement 66 feet. It was used into the 20th Century for property surveys.
Date: used from around 1620 until the early 1900’s.
Object ID:
ALSA 2008.03.13
Donated By:
Monroe Kinloch ALSA (Hon Life)