Collection

Channel Tunnel theodolite, Swiss, 1959

Made:
1959 in Bochum
maker:
Wild Heerbrugg A.G.

Cased Wild T2 gyrotheodolite no.320852, with MW77 - Gyromat serial no.110, dated 1959.

One of the two instruments used by the British surveyors of the time of the Channel Tunnel.

Details

Category:
Surveying
Object Number:
1992-1052
type:
transit theodolite
credit:
Eurotunnel

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