Harrow model

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OBJECT TYPE: DRAG/FIXED TOOTH/RIDING
DATE: 1871
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0301.001

MANUFACTURER: HEWITT, WM. H.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Beamsville, 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: IRON/ COPPER/ WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length: 25.0 cm
Width: 45.0 cm
Height: 12.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: HEWITT
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Beamsville

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: circa 1871
Canada: This model is attributed to W.H. Hewitt, a neighbour of the Snure family of Beamsville, ON & acquired by the Snures c.1920. Hewitt was an associate of John Harris, eldest son of Alanson Harris, and one of the founders of Massy-Harris. According to Pauline Snure, the source of this object, Hewitt & Harris worked together in the conceptualization of farm machinery. This model is said to be one of Hewitt’s ideas for a harrow.
Function: To model the form and design of an agricultural implement for further study and potential production.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: TONGUE NOT PART OF MODEL/ ONE PIN AT FRONT RIGHT REPLACED WITH A NAIL
Finish: BLACK FRAME/ COPPER SPIKES
Decoration: NONE

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HEWITT, WM. H., Harrow model, circa 1871, Artifact no. 1989.0301, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0301.001/

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