Wrench, Pipe
Keir Memorial Museum
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| Nom de l'objet : | Wrench, Pipe |
| Type de l'objet : | Wrench, Pipe |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | T & E For Materials |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Metalworking T & E |
| Discipline : | material culture |
| Matériaux : | Steel |
| Numéro d'accession : | KM.01.04.02 |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Date de début de production : | 1875 |
| Date de fin de production : | 1930 |
| Description : | Stillson wrench; metal, slight rust. Wrench head is smooth and rounded. Adjustment dial is entirely enclosed in metal, except for nubbed side for turning. The notched bar is square shaped. Handle is uniformly curved, outwards from wrench head opening. A third of the way down the handle there is a groove on both sides, across the handle, and the width lessens slightly, and remains at that measurement for the rest of the handle. Above adjustment dial on one side is an engraved diamond shape with the raised numbers "18" inside. The number "18" (also raised), is written on the notch bar, near the bottom. Show of wear on side of handle where metal would have struck. |
| Commentaires : | This wrench had previously been in the possession of George MacLeod, and it had been owned and used by his grandfather, George MacLeod Sr. from Irishtown, when he was working on the railroads. |
| Fonctions : | Used for working on the railroads. |
| Longueur : | 40.3 cm |
| Largeur : | 9 |
| Profondeur : | 1.8 |
| Établissement : | Keir Memorial Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Malpeque |
| Province de l'établissement : | Prince Edward Island |
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