Wedge
- Object Name:
- Wedge
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.094
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting wedge. Steel. Head peened over quite a bit. Rectangular body at top, 0.65" square. Wedge tapers to point 0.1" thick. Front edge curved. Edges chamfered.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.9 L-3.7 D-0.9 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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