Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Crib, Cribbing |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1960.068 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.068.001 |
Date |
1861 |
Description |
Curved wood slat with a few nail holes along its length. It is known as cribbing, which lined the edge of an oil well or tank near the surface of the ground. It is an example of the first use of canted cribbing. |
Provenance |
Taken from the Shaw Well, drilled in 1861. Demonstrates the first use of canted cribbing. |
Dimensions |
W-7 L-54 cm |
Search Terms |
Oil Well Oil Drilling Site Oil Field Oil Springs Wood Cribbing Lambton 175 |
People |
Shaw, John |
On Display Starting |
2022-01-01 |