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- OBJECT TYPE
- HORSE-DRAWN
- DATE
- 1880
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1115.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD HEAD & HAND GRIP/ METAL TINES, REINFORCING STRAPS & HANDLE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 94.0 cm
- Width
- 62.5 cm
- Height
- 67.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Crop handling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
FOR LOADING HAY FROM THE GROUND INTO THE LOFT. A ROPE WAS TIED TO THE FORK HANDLE, & THREADED THROUGH PULLEYS AT TOP & BOTTOM OF BARN. FROM THERE IS PASSED TO A HORSE OUTSIDE THE BARN. ONCE THE FORK HAS BEEN DRIVEN INTO THE HAY, THE HORSE WALKED FORWARD, RAISING THE LOADED FORK TO THE MOW (WHERE A TRACK & CARRIER SYSTEM MIGHT BE USED TO DISTRIBUTE THE HAY). THE HINGE ON THE FORK WAS THEN TRIPPED TO DROP THE LOAD. - Technical
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GREATLY REDUCED TIME & EFFORT REQUIRED TO UNLOAD HAY INTO THE MOW. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'Z-111-D-122' IN BLACK MARKER ON HEAD & HAND GRIP
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- FORK HEAD & HAND GRIP WOOD UNFINISHED/ TINES, REINFORCING STRAPS & HANDLE METAL UNFINISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Fork, hay, circa 1880, Artifact no. 1969.1115, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1115.001/
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