on Jul 19, 2016
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circa mid 1800s
It consists of 100 individual links connected by iron rings, all 9 brass tally tags (every 10 feet) - each shaped to indicate partial chain measurements, and two brass handles, each inscribed ‘4 P’
The chain measures 66 feet in length which equals 4 ‘poles’
Edwin Gunter of England initiated its common use for measuring land boundaries in the early 1600s
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