Spike
- Object Name:
- Spike
- Object ID:
- 1962.035
- Date:
- 1892-1905
- Description:
- Railroad spike, from Dry River logging railroad in White Mountains. Steel. Head roughly oval with flattened front and back surfaces. Shallow, rounded top surface. Reinforcement under head on front side. Tapered reinforcement leads to roughly square spike body that has double taper point on end. Tag attached, with text: "Spike used to spike rail / to cross-ties. Used on former logging / railroad operated by Benj. C. / Garland from interchange with Maine / Central RR above Bemis (now Notchland), / N. H. about 1892-1905. Railroad / followed the Dry River (from [present] Dry River / (over) / (for about 4 miles over / what now is the AMC trail,--crossing / the river by trestles, seven times. Spike found by G. M. Kidder / on Sept. 9, 1961 and contributed /to the N. H. Historical Society."
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-1.3 L-6.8 D-1.6 inches
- Provenance:
- According to donor's tag, spike was "used on former logging railroad operated by Benj. C. Garland from interchange with Maine Central RR [Carrigain Station] above Bemis (now Notchland), N.H., about 1892-1905. Railroad followed Dry River (from present Dry River Campground) for about 4 miles over what now is AMC trail, crossing the river by trestles seven times. Found by G.M. Kidder on Sept. 9, 1961."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Glen M. Kidder
- Subjects:
- Logging, Railroads, Railroad tracks, Railroad ties
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