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Ice tongs
- Description
- A pair of ice tongs. The number 565 is stamped on the side.
- Original Owner
- Capling Transfer Co.
- Other Names
- Block ice tongs
- Category
- TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS
- Sub-Category
- MINING AND MINERAL HARVESTING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
- Description
- A pair of ice tongs. The number 565 is stamped on the side.
- History Of Use
- Used by the Capling Transfer Company (founded by Joseph Capling in 1929) to cut ice from Seymour Lake for summer deliveries. The Capling Transfer Co. was eventually bought by Smithers Transport, for which donor Andy Beerda worked.
- Accession No.
- 1985.18.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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