Wedge
- Object Name:
- Wedge
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.101
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting wedge or feather. Steel. Shaft flat on one side; slightly rounded opposite side. Edges flat but irregular. Shaft tapered and cut off at large end with beveled surface. Opposite end tapered to narrow point, bent at 90-degree angle; very tip turned down slightly.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.4 L-3.5 D-0.6 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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