Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Driver, Hoop |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1960.108 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.108.001 |
Other Name |
Burton Driver, Wedge |
Description |
A tool used for wedging, shaving, and pounding metal rings down around barrels. The end of the wooden handle has a metal disk which would be struck with a hammer while being used. The front end of the driver is a wedge-shaped metal piece which is grooved at the bottom. |
Provenance |
The Trott family had a sawmill and cooperage in Oil City starting in 1881. |
Dimensions |
W-5 L-21 cm |
Search Terms |
Tools Cooperage Oil City Barrel Barrel Factory Barrels |