Tape measure

Tape measure, steel, 200ft, for use by Permanent-Way Surveyors, made by Hilger & Watts, marked `Resident Engineer, British Railways Chief Civil Engineers Dept., Kings Cross Eastern Division, in wooden case, c.1965

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Category:: Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Object Number:: 1994-7292

type:: tape measure

credit:: British Railways Board Records Office

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