Plug
- Object Name:
- Plug
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.088
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting plug. Steel. Top end peened over with irregular surface. Short handle section, square with chamfered corners. Handle section 2.5" long. Shaft becomes smaller in diameter. Rounded chisel point with two flat sides, not sharp. On one side of handle, letters either cast in relief or stamped: "CAB [ ] F". On opposite side: "CAB [ ]".
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-9.5 Dia-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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