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TitleTimber spike (Artifact 10)
Date Created1830-1998
Description9.5” long. For Artifacts 10 & 11: “In [the] nineteenth century many canals including the Delaware and Raritan canal were made of mostly clay, gravel, iron, and wood. The main parts of these...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleSpike (Artifact 11)
Date Created1830-1998
Description9" long. For Artifacts 10 & 11: “In [the] nineteenth century many canals including the Delaware and Raritan canal were made of mostly clay, gravel, iron, and wood. The main parts of these canals...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleWooden roller (Artifact 4)
Date Created1830-1998
Descriptionshank 55” long x 2.25” diam.; teeth spread 32”, stay rod 57”; chain ~12’
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleMule shoe (Artifact 58)
Date Created1830-1998
DescriptionSmall under 3” x 4.” Animals, in particular, mules played an important role in the workings of a canal system. Mules provided a means of labor through which boats could be towed in the canal. ...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleMule shoe (Artifact 59)
Date Created1830-1998
DescriptionSmall under 3” x 4.” Animals, in particular, mules played an important role in the workings of a canal system. Mules provided a means of labor through which boats could be towed in the canal. ...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleMule shoe (Artifact 60)
Date Created1830-1998
DescriptionLarge 6” x 6.5.” Animals, in particular, mules played an important role in the workings of a canal system. Mules provided a means of labor through which boats could be towed in the canal. These...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleMule shoe (Artifact 61)
Date Created1830-1998
DescriptionLarge 6” x 6.5.” Animals, in particular, mules played an important role in the workings of a canal system. Mules provided a means of labor through which boats could be towed in the canal. These...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleGlass bottle of worker's personal object (Artifact nn3)
Date Created1830-1998
DescriptionBlue, pressed glass, rectilinear 6.5” x 2.25” x 1.25”; Mark: J on bottom.
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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Title[miter] gate metal bumper, or per Bill McKelvey, “automatic [miter] gate wicket closing lever.” (Artifact 76)
Date Created1830-1998
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...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)
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TitleMachine mount from power house (Artifact 82)
Date Created1830-1998
DescriptionAlong the banks of the canal where there [were] locks and gates “Power House” or “Dog Houses” were located. They provided the housing for the gears and mechanisms needed to open and close the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861), The Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)