Wedge
- Object Name:
- Wedge
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.100
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting wedge or feather. Steel. Back side slightly rounded. Edges flattened and slightly irregular. Small end bent over at 45-degree angle. At very tip of end is small area bent over in U-shape.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.4 L-3.4 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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