Wedge
- Object Name:
- Wedge
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.102
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting wedge or feather. Steel. Narrow, tapering shaft, flat on one side, rounded on opposite side. Large end cut off and almost flat. Tapered end terminates in narrow, rounded shaft, end broken off with evidence of brittle fracture on end. Sides narrow and irregular. This feather and #106 and #109 match in style, size, and manufacturing treatment.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.4 L-3.3 D-0.3 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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