Wedge
- Object Name:
- Wedge
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.097
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting wedge or feather. Steel. Tapered shaft with one flat surface and one rounded surface on opposite side. Large end cut off with diagonal surface. Edges slightly irregular. Small end bent over at 45 degrees and very tip folded over back onto itself. Slight crack in folded area.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.4 L-3.5 D-0.7 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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