Plug
- Object Name:
- Plug
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.086
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting plug. Steel. Top end peened over with irregular outside edge. Handle octagonal, ~4" long. Shaft becomes smaller and round. Two-sided chisel point with round end, not sharp.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-1.1 L-9.3 D-1.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably used at the Charles A. Bailey granite quarry, Allenstown, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Adin M. Noyes and Carl O. Noyes
- People:
- Bailey, Charles A. (1847-1937)
- Subjects:
- Rock quarrying, Granite quarrying, Stone quarrying, Stone working, Stonecutting
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