1960.34.2.10

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whetstone%20block

Details

ID Number

1960.34.2.10

Category

T&E For Materials

Sub-category

metalworking T&E

Item Name

whetstone

Materials

STONE, UNKNOWN

Measurements

overall: 3/8 in x 3 in

Description

Irregular shape; permeated with oil

History

"Luke Saunders was the last cooper to use this equipment (up to the fall of 1938). It was used to make barrels in which Point Pelee apples were shipped to Britain. The freighter on which they had been shipped was sunk by the Germans at the beginning of World War II."

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Pelee Island (Ont.) / Île Pelée, (Ont.) place

Saunders, Luke person

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