Hook, Cant
- Object Name:
- Hook, Cant
- Object ID:
- 2000.010
- Creator:
- Jameson
Toolmaker - Place of Origin:
- Canaan, NH
- Date:
- 1901-1913
- Description:
- Mill dog. Wooden lever with a metal swinging pointed hook near the end. Maker's name on metal hook: "JAMESON / CANAAN NH". Wrought iron hardware, with rosehead pegs, screws, and a bolt. Dog (hook) is held in a slot by a bolt; hook swings on the bolt.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-5.25 L-24.25 D-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by donor at Colony Mill Antiques, Keene, NH, December 1997. A mill dog is a type of cant hook (a.k.a. peavey, invented c. 1870), used for rolling logs from a slip, on which logs are pulled from the water, to a carriage which then carries the logs through the saw mill. Jameson, whose mark is on this hook, is listed in N.H. business directories from 1901 to 1913.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Douglas Copeley
- Subjects:
- Sawmills, Lumber industry
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