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- OBJECT TYPE
- MOLE/1 BOTTOM
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0282.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Deere, John Plow Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Welland, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL/CAST IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 297.0 cm
- Width
- 132.0 cm
- Height
- 98.0 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
- Deere
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Welland
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940'S
- Canada
-
USED UNSUCCESSFULLY IN CANADA TO DRAIN CROP LAND BECAUSE MOLE CHANNELS COLLAPSED DUE TO FROST ACTION; THEY ACHIEVED LIMITED SUCCESS IN WARMER CLIMATES - Function
-
USED TO CREATE AN UNDERGROUND WATER CHANNEL - TO CAST A DRAINAGE CHANNEL UNDER THE SOIL SURFACE TO ALLOW EXCESS GROUND WATER TO RUN AWAY - Technical
-
FORERUNNER OF LARGER DRAINAGE PLOWS WHICH PLACED A PLASTIC LINER IN THE MOLE CHANNEL. FORMING PLASTIC LINED UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE CHANNELS BECAME FEASIBLE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF PLOW TYPE DITCHING MACHINES IN THE 1960'S - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Yellow lettering on one side of plow reading "JOHN DEERE/PLOW CO. LTD." and on other side "PRODUCED IN CANADA"
- Missing
- From CA of 06/02/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- ORIGINALLY PAINTED GREEN
- Decoration
- NONE
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Deere, John Plow Co. Ltd., Plow, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1986.0282, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0282.001/
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