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- OBJECT TYPE
- BARBED/SINGLE POINT
- DATE
- 1881–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0720.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- BUCKTHORN 992B
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.0 cm
- Width
- 38.0 cm
- Height
- 10.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Agriculture
- Category
- Land improvement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF WIRE AVAILABLE EARLY 1880S- 1900S.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO ERRECT FENCES OR ENCLOSURE TO CONTAIN LIVESTOCK AND/OR KEEP OUT UNWANTED ANIMALS, HUMANS, VEHICLES, ETC. - Technical
-
SAMPLE OF SINGLE POINT, SPIRAL STRAND BARBED WIRE PATTERN KNOWN AS "BUCKTHORN". IT WAS A VERY POPULAR WIRE, USED FOR ERRECTING FENCES OR ENCLOSURES WHERE STRENGTH AND DURABILITY WERE THE MAIN CONSIDERATIONS. (REF. 2) IT WAS MFD. IN QUANTITY ON THE STEEL MILLS OF DEKALB, IL. AND USED EXTENSIVELY BY THE FRISCO RAILROAD FOR THEIR RIGHT-OF-WAYS, ETC. THE WIRE RESEMBLES THE BUCKTHORN CACTUS.(REF.3) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- None.
- Missing
- SAMPLE IS COMPLETE IN ITSELF.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Wire sample, circa 1881–1900, Artifact no. 1966.0720, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0720.001/
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