Collections Item Detail
K&E Surveying Instruments (Serial Numbers); First Instruments of the Year. Reference chart, "Backsights", Jan. 1991.
2010.002.0024
2010.002
Staff / Collected by
Collected by Staff
Museum Collections.
2010 - 2010
Date(s) Created: 2010 Date(s): 2010
Notes: Transcription of chart: K&E Surveying Instruments. First Instruments of the Year. Published online at: http://www.surveyhistory.org/how_old_is_my_k_&_e%20Instrument.htm First published in "Backsights", Surveyor's Historical Society Magazine, Jan. 1991. NOTE: chart runs to 1966 only as published (1967 was K&E's last year in Hoboken.) SERIAL NO. YEAR 4500 1900 4900 1901 6000 1902 7000 1903 8500 1904 10000 1905 11000 1906 12500 1907 15000 1908 19000 1909 11000 1910 23000 1911 26000 1912 23000 1913 29000 1914 30500 1915 32000 1916 34000 1917 35500 1918 38000 1919 41000 1920 42500 1921 44000 1922 SERIAL NO. YEAR 45000 1923 47000 1924 49000 1925 50298 1926 52340 1927 53719 1928 55547 1929 56286 1930 59445 1931 60409 1932 61387 1933 61700 1934 62579 1935 65559 1936 66660 1937 68540 1938 69311 1939 71770 1940 74258 1941 78373 1942 80592 1943 84100 1944 89827 1945 SERIAL NO. YEAR 91535 1946 95197 1947 100673 1948 106129 1949 109345 1950 111643 1951 115855 1952 125639 1953 131000 1954 133000 1955 140107 1956 144946 1957 151292 1958 162078 1959 168372 1960 171200 1961 172786 1962 176000 1963 180000 1964 191700 1965 194000 1966 [end] Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-10-07