Nail collection
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- OBJECT TYPE
- clout
- DATE
- 1974
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0385.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PECK, BENNY & CO.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL - COPPER AND IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 3.0 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- PECK
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- City
- Montreal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY IN THE 1970'S & 1980'S; THIS TYPE OF NAIL WOULD HAVE BEEN USED AT A MUCH EARLIER DATE
- Canada
-
TYPE OF NAILS USED IN THE BOAT BUILDING TRADE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED IN BUILDING TO ATTACH PIECES OF WOOD TO EACH OTHER - Technical
-
COPPER NAILS WERE USED IN BUILDING BOATS AS THEY WOULD NOT EASILY CORRODE WHEN EXPOSED TO WATER LIKE ONES MADE OF IRON WOULD DO. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- END OF A BOX FOUND WITH.2 READS" '1 lb. 9-8 in./ CLOUT NAILS/ MANUFACTURED BY/ Peck, Benny & Co./ MONTREAL.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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PECK, BENNY & CO., Nail collection, circa 1974, Artifact no. 1994.0385, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0385.001/
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