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OBJECT TYPE: MOULDBOARD/1 BOTTOM/HORSE-DRAWN/WALKING
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0464.001

MANUFACTURER: WILKINSON
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, 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 BEAM, PLOW BOTTOM & BRACES/ WOOD HANDLES & BRACES

Dimensions

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

Length: 282.0 cm
Width: 68.0 cm
Height: 71.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Wilkinson
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: FOR SOD OR GENERAL PURPOSE PLOWING. PLOW BOTTOM LIFTS, TURNS & INVERTS 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: INCISED PRINTING ON INSIDE SURFACE OF MOULDBOARD READS: `SORT CENTRE STEEL/ WILKINSON PLOW CO./ TORONTO' & `5'
Missing: From CA of 06/26/1997 by Gordon Perrault: No - appears complete
Finish: BEAM, PLOW BOTTOM & BRACES METAL UNFINISHED/ HANDLES & BRACES WOOD UNFINISHED (EVIDENCE OF ORIGINAL? RED & BLUE PAINT IN PLACES)
Decoration: N/A

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WILKINSON, Plow, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1966.0464, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0464.001/

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