Wedge
- Object Name:
- Wedge
- Object ID:
- 1957.036.106
- Date:
- 1875-1900
- Description:
- Rock splitting wedge or feather. Steel. Narrow tapered shaft with one flat side; opposite side rounded, becoming flatter near tapered end. Large end cut off and almost flat. Tapered end terminates in rounded section that turns up slightly; flat and at slight angle. This feather and #102 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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