Wooden spade
- Made:
- 1700-1800 in unknown
- maker:
- Unknown
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Wooden spade, eighteenth century.
Photographed in Store 1.
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Wooden spade, eighteenth century, for use in coal mining.
This spade was found in disused coal workings on the Ainsworth Hall Estate, which was between Bolton and Bury.
Details
- Category:
- Coal Mining
- Collection:
- Lancashire Coal Mining Collection
- Object Number:
- Y2002.19.1
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
Overall: 12 mm x 182 mm x 964 mm,
- type:
- spade
- credit:
- Gift of Salford Museum and Art Gallery
