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One of two 6 foot straight edges

One of two 6 foot straight edges

One of two 6 foot straight edges

One of two 6 foot straight edges

14 foot straight edge

14 foot straight edge

Straight-edge, wooden straight-edge used by the engineer who worked on Settle-Carlisle line.

Straight edge used by workers on the Settle-Carlisle line

1876

4 foot straight edge, recovered from British Rail Engineering Ltd. Swindon

4 foot straight edge

Rolling straight edge for checking irregularities in road surfaces (1967), (40 fixed wheels with measuring wheel attached to bell and to gauge marked in 1/16 inch graduations to 1/2 inch, dismantles to 3 components and handle for transport) based on design by UK Road Research Laboratory by Leonard Farnell & Co. Ltd. (serial no. 10525/141)

Rolling straight edge for checking irregularities in road surfaces (1967)

1967

wooden Staff (straight edge) for checking the flatness of mill stones, scale 1:12, part of the Sprowston Mill model.

wooden Staff (straight edge) for checking the flatness of mill stones

Two 6 foot straight edges, recovered from British Rail Engineering Ltd., Swindon

Two 6 foot straight edges

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