Rod, Stadia

Object Name:

Rod, Stadia

Object ID:

2009.039.03.1-2

Date:

circa 1940

Description:

Stadia rod, in two sections. Pine shaft, rectangular in cross section, with full-length slot on each edge. Black painted scale, marked in half-inch increments, with black numerals at each inch, and red numerals at each foot, from one to eight feet. Bottom section (.1) is marked from zero to four feet; circular sliding tin disk, 3.7" diam., painted red and white; steel connecting bar screwed to top back; steel cap screwed to bottom. Top section (.2) is marked from four to eight feet; bolt on top back for attaching to connecting bar.

Material:

Wood
Pine
Metal
Steel
Tin

Dimensions:

W-1.3 L-98.5 D-0.7 inches

Provenance:

Used by Allen & Hall lumber company, Rochester, NH, for surveying wood lots.

Established in the early 1920s by Leroy E. Allen (1884-1956) of Dudley, MA, Allen & Hall were contract lumber dealers and manufacturers who moved to Rochester, NH. The business was eventually taken over by Leroy Allen's son, Kenneth L. Allen (1916-2002), around 1950. The company purchased trees on private lots, cut the timber, and contracted to make lumber into crates and boxes for product packaging and shipping. They also operated a commercial lumber yard on Allen Street in Rochester.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ann Lindner

Subjects:

Lumber industry, Lumberyards, Surveying equipment, Surveying