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OBJECT TYPE: 2 BOTTOM/HORSE-DRAWN/WALKING
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0461.001

MANUFACTURER: Cockshutt Plow Co. Ltd.
MODEL: 401
LOCATION: Brantford, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FRAME, BEAM, BOTTOMS, COULTERS, WHEELS, HANDLES & LEVERS/ WOOD HAND GRIPS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 256.5 cm
Width: 98.0 cm
Height: 97.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Cultivation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Cockshutt
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Brantford

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: EXAMPLE OF WALKING GANG PLOW MFR'D BY CDN. FIRM & POPULAR IN ONTARIO & EASTERN CANADA FOR MANY YEARS
Function: FOR SOD OR GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWING. PLOW BOTTOMS LIFT, TURN & INVERT THE SOIL TO PROVIDE A WELL PULVERIZED SEEDBED IN WHICH MOISTURE IS BETTER RETAINED, AIR CIRCULATES FREELY, FERTILITY IS IMPROVED & WEEDS & PESTS ARE DESTROYED.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: `KANGAROO' IN WHITE LETTERS ON SIDE OFFRAME/ `NO. 401' ON BRACE BEHIND MOULDBOARD/ DECAL (REPLICA?) ON MOULDBOARD READS: `COCKSHUTT/ FARM IMPLEMENTS'/ RAISED & INCISED PART NOS. THROUGHOUT/ SMALL RECTANGULAR METAL TAG WIRED TO FRAME READS: `MAPLE LEAF'
Missing: GANG PLOW COULD COVER MORE GROUND THAN WALKING PLOW, WITH LESS FRICTION & ALLOWING OPERATOR TO RIDE, MAKING PLOWING FASTER & EASIER From CA of 06/30/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - appears original and complete
Finish: FRAME, BEAM, LANDSIDE OF BOTTOMS, HANDLES & LEVERS METAL RE-PAINTED RED/ WHEELS METAL RE-PAINTED YELLOW/ COULTER MOUNTS METAL RE-PAINTED BLUSE/ HAND GRIPS WOOD RE-PAINTED BLUE
Decoration: N/A

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Cockshutt Plow Co. Ltd., Plow, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1966.0461, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0461.001/

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