Saw, drum
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- OBJECT TYPE
- STAVE CUTTER/SMALL
- DATE
- 1893
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0170.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Whitney, Baxter D. & Son
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cast iron and steel
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 270.0 cm
- Width
- 100.0 cm
- Height
- 129.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Tools & equipment-trades
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Whitney
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Winchendon
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- 1970-1987
- Canada
-
Equipment was used to make staves for barrels used in shipping fish, apples, and gunpowder - Function
-
USED TO CUT BLOCKS OF WOOD INTO BARREL STAVES - Technical
-
This machine made small staves for small sized barrels. The gunpowder barrels held 100 lbs. and were made of oak. Fish and apple barrels were made of spruce - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Cast lettering on frame reading "BAXTER D. WHITNEY & SON/WINCHENDON, MASS. U.S.A." and on drum end reading "BAXTER D. WHITNEY WINCHENDON, MASS."/cast patent dates on parts
- Missing
- From CA of 06/19/1997 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
- Finish
- Painted light grey
- Decoration
- N/A
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Whitney, Baxter D. & Son, Saw, drum, after 1893, Artifact no. 1987.0170, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.0170.001/
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