Shank
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| Nom de l'objet : | Shank |
| Type de l'objet : | Shoe |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Personal Artifacts |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Clothing - Footwear |
| Groupe de l'objet : | Shoe Making supplies |
| Matériaux : | Wood - White Birch |
| Technique de fabrication : | Carved |
| Numéro d'accession : | 1997.002.003 |
| Fabricant : | A.L.Burt |
| Nom du marchand : | Unknown |
| Date de début de production : | 18980400 Later Than |
| Date de fin de production : | 19220000 Prior To |
| Description : | Shank is trapezoidal in section with a concave underside, and is also curved over its length. The top surface is tapered along the edges to produce the trapezoid section. |
| Commentaires : | Shoe shanks are a type of arch support that bridge between the heel and ball of the foot to prevent the shoe from losing its shape while being worn. Shanks have also been made from metal, fibreglass, or plastic. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, wood was the preferred material. The shape and contour of the shank is largely dependent on the height of the heel, and they are therefore not required for flat or low heeled shoes since the foot is not moving enough to deform the footwear. This example from the John Lewis and Sons Lewiston Peg and Shank Factory is a large shank. Medium and small shanks were also produced (1997.002.004 and 005). Lewiston shanks were shipped from the factory in bags. They were sent by sea from the East River, Sheet Harbour Nova Scotia in the summer, and from Port Dufferin after the East River froze up in the winter. A description of the Peg and Shank Factory, and its history, is given by Howard Coady in Sheet Harbour History (1997.002.002) Synopsis: A Scottish immigrant shoemaker, John Lewis came to eastern Canada probably in the early nineteenth century. Demand in Halifax NS for his hand made wooden shoe lasts encouraged him to settle near his source of rock maple at Economy NS, and build a saw mill. He prospered, married, and had two sons, John Jr. and George. John Jr. apprenticed as a machinist and pattern make, and as a master, moved to a factory in the State of Maine that was producing ribbon peg wood. This was for shoe pegs for a new shoe mechanized shoe making process. Seeing the opportunity afforded by this new process John Jr. returned to Economy NS. With his father, and his brother George. The J. Lewis and Sons Ltd company was formed to manufacture not only the cobblers supplies of John Sen., but also the new ribbon peg wood by a machine designed by John Jr. Their factory was in the east end of Truro NS. When the supply of suitable wood for the shoe pegs, white or paper birch, dwindled in the area, John Jr. moved back to Maine, and established his factory in a place that came to be known as Lewiston. Later George Lewis found a suitable site for a factory in birch country outside Sheet Harbour NS. The new factory, in its own "village", also called Lewiston, began operation in April 1898. Supplies of birch for the factory dwindled once more, and George Lewis established a new factory at Stewiacke NS. This was convenient to rail transportation, unavailable in the Sheet Harbour area. The Stewiacke factory began production on March 17 1914. The "Sheet Harbour" Lewiston factory continued to produce until 1921. It made, besides the ribbon strip wood, the clothes pegs such as 1997.001.001, and bottle caps. These caps were wooden disks that were placed inside metal bottle caps before the adoption of cork liners. Sources: A: Curtin Health Science " Department of Podiatry " The History of Shoes: Shoe Making http://podiatry.curtin.edu.au/shoo.html B: Sheet Harbour History. Coady, Howard Lancelot Press, Hansport NS. 1988. Sources for further information: A: The incredible Shoe Making Machine History - Present Technology - Future Technology http://dev.nsta.org/evwebs/3080/history.html |
| Longueur : | 12.5 |
| Largeur : | 5.0 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | 1 |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | 1 |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | Paper label A 001 |
| Établissement : | MacPhee House Community Museum |
| Ville de l'établissement : | Sheet Harbour |
| Province de l'établissement : | Nova Scotia |
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