Telescope Length: 10"
Diameter of
Horizontal Circle: 6-1/4"
Needle Length: 4-1/4"
Height: 11-1/4"
Weight: 14-1/2 lb
Box: 17"H, 8-1/2"W, 9-1/4"D
Condition: Good
Tripod: Stiff leg
Found: 7/3/64 - Mrs. Sidney Horn, 3502 N. Densmore, Seattle, WA (Paid
$45)
CEH Inventory# - T6
Excerpted from “Makers of Surveying Instruments of America since 1700”
Vol. 2, by Charles Smart, 1967:
SHANAHAN
& LOEBER (1853 - 1856)
181 William Street, New York City
James M. Shanahan (1824 - 1885)
Charles Loeber (1826 - 1906)
Wilson’s Business Directory, New York City,
1853-54 lists Shanahan & Loeber in large type, page 246: Makers of
Theodolites, Transits and Levels, etc.
Shanahan, James M. is listed in New York City directories from 1853 to
1872, but only to 1856 as a maker of surveying instruments, he is listed
in the Brooklyn directories to May 1, 1886. He was born in Ireland in
1824, came to America in 1850. He died at Brooklyn 3 March 1885.
Charles Loeber is listed in Wilson’s Business directory, 1854-55, math
inst mkr 181 William, h. 110 Gold Brooklyn. The 1855-56 New York City
directory lists: Loeber, Charles, optican 50-1/2 Fulton. The 1857- 58
New York City directory and the 1860 Brooklyn directory list him as a
mathematical instrument maker. The May 1, 1873 New York City directory
lists: Loeber, Charles, mathematical instruments, Fulton St., 18 Rush,
Brooklyn. He may have worked for Stackpole & Bro. who were making
surveying instruments at 41 Fulton Street from 1856 to 1910. He was the
son of Johann and Schlichtrossl Loeber, born in Germany 17 January 1826,
lived in Brooklyn for over 50 years, died there 9 August 1906.
There is privately owned in Pasadena, California a transit engraved:
Shanahan & Loeber 181 William St. N.Y. It has a 6-1/2" limb, a 10"
telescope and a 4-1/4" needle. (Note: This is the above instrument
from the CEH Collection)
