Wedge
- Object Name:
- Wedge
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.104
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting wedge or feather. Steel. Tapered shaft with one flat side, opposite side rounded. Edges near large end are wide, then become narrower along shaft. Large end cut off with beveled surface. Tapered end turns over in small hook. Crack across tapered end near hook.
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.5 L-3.5 D-0.4 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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