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[miter] gate metal bumper, or per Bill McKelvey, “automatic [miter] gate wicket closing lever.” (Artifact 76). Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3X63MJ9
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[miter] gate metal bumper, or per Bill McKelvey, “automatic [miter] gate wicket closing lever.” (Artifact 76). 1830-1998. New Brunswick Free Public Library. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3X63MJ9

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Title[miter] gate metal bumper, or per Bill McKelvey, “automatic [miter] gate wicket closing lever.” (Artifact 76)
NameSchkrutz, Eric (Photographer), New Brunswick Free Public Library
Date Created1830-1998
SubjectArchaelogy, Excavations, New Brunswick (N.J.)
Description25” with two rollers on it.
“…[E]ssentially a device for automatically closing the wickets when the [miter] gate was moved to the open position. One end of it was secured to the vertical wicket rod. As the gate was opened the rollers touched the lock walls in the gate recess and rotated the wicket rods to close the wickets –simple but effective and it saved time for the locktender. Therefore, I would call it an “automatic [miter] gate wicket closing lever.”
(McKelvey, Bill. “RE: Canal Artifacts in Henry Guest House. Email to Kim Adams. 2 January 2010.)
NoteIn 1998, the New Brunswick Free Public Library accepted 31 artifacts that were recovered from the Delaware & Raritan Canal outlet lock and towpath. Currently they are are on permanent display in the Henry Guest House which is on the library grounds. The various artifacts are organized into six different categories: Tools; Pieces of Canal; Milk Bottles; Mule Shoes; Workers Personal Objects; and Bones. As a part of the inventory, each artifact is listed with a label (Item no., Title, Description, and Date Accepted), an expanded description, and a photograph(s). These objects are a portion of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Collection of the NBFPL Archives. The larger collection includes pictures, articles, and documents about the canal and its history. Access is available by appointment at the library.
Genreartifacts
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3X63MJ9
CollectionDelaware and Raritan Canal Artifacts
Organization NameNew Brunswick Free Public Library
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