In a time before modern techology, this was how they ensured that a foot (or any other linear measurement) used to build something in Glasgow remained the same as a foot in Birmingham, or London, or for that matter in Australia or Canada.

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The Standards for Imperial Measures, Glasgow City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow.

I love this little piece of Glasgow's past set into the bottom right hand corner of the City Chambers. I suspect a lot of people walk past it every day without giving it a second glance or realising what it is.

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