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Steel Rule
Steel rule or straight edge. A partly illegible label says that it was used at Underwoods, Dalton Road in around 1958. Inscribed 'CHESTERMAN, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND NO 90'. The donor, David Winstanley, was a ship's draughtsman at Vickers Armstrong Shipbuilders, Barrow in Furness during the 1950s and 60s.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA4469 |
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| Collection: | Testing, measuring and design instruments |
| Type: | Steel Rule |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | James Chesterman and Co |
| Date made: | circa 1958 |
| People: | Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 3 mm x 920 mm x 45 mm |
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