Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Driver, Hoop |
Collection |
Oil Museum of Canada Collection |
Accession number |
OMC 1960.107 |
Catalog Number |
OMC 1960.107.001 |
Other Name |
Wedger |
Description |
This tool was used to pound the lids onto barrels. The groove on the bottom of the tool would sit on the lid of the barrel, and the blunt top end of the tool was struck with a hammer to pound the lid. |
Provenance |
The Trott family had a sawmill and cooperage in Oil City starting in 1881. |
Dimensions |
W-9.5 L-22 cm |
Search Terms |
Tools Cooperage Barrel Barrel Factory Barrels Saw Mill Oil City Trott's Mill |