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Garden plow
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Description
- A long, narrow, iron plowshare fragment. The front is slightly concave and shaped to a thick, sharp, angled point. There are three holes placed at equal distances along the top edge and one hole at the point. The front of the holes are round and the backs are squared. The bottom of the plowshare ha…
- Other Names
- Plowshare
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- A long, narrow, iron plowshare fragment. The front is slightly concave and shaped to a thick, sharp, angled point. There are three holes placed at equal distances along the top edge and one hole at the point. The front of the holes are round and the backs are squared. The bottom of the plowshare has been ground to a cutting edge. On the back is imprinted 'BRADLEY' and 'T21L'
- History Of Use
- Plows were used on the farm to dig grooves into the soil in order that crops could be planted.
- Material
- METAL-STEEL;
- Width
- 15.3
- Length
- 61.3
- Depth
- 9
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1991.152.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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