Andy, I think the surveyor's chain was/is 66'. I read a book called "Measuring
America" which was an excellent read. It was a while ago, and I loaned it to
someone that never returned it...
Cheers,
Wes


> On Apr 17, 2014, at 8:16 PM, Andrew Baughn  wrote:
> 
> Didn't they used to use. 16 foot chain for surveying? It's in one of my Eric
Sloane books. 16 divides into acres and miles and such evenly. They also used to
use a 10 foot pole so maybe not.
> 
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