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Axe, c.1930. Used for cutting pit props.

Pick axe

Steel poll axe, 3 lbs

circa 1925

Wheelwright's rending axe for splitting oak boards

Unknown

Axe

Small prop axe

coal mining axe

1930

Axe, coal mining use.

Axe, North Eastern Railway, steel wedge axe with long wooden handle, by C.T. Skelton & Co Ltd, Sheffield. Pat No.15631, part of emergency kit from carriage, NER stamped on head.

Steel axe, North Eastern Railway

One of two frows (cleaving tool), 18th century

One of two frows (cleaving tool), 18th century

1700-1800

Axe, London & North Western Railway, metal hatchet head on long wooden shaft, head stamped LNWR 1913: 36, from an emergency box, to be used for smashing into carriages in case of emergency.

Emergency hatchet from London and North Western Railway

1908-1918

One of two frows (cleaving tool), 18th century

One of two frows (cleaving tool), 18th century

1700-1800

Two frows (cleaving tools), 18th century

Two frows, for cleaving wood

1700-1800

Pick axe, coal mining collection.

Pick axe

Belt, axe and holster, for shipboard firefighting 'Fleet' suit, designed for use on board ship, by Bristol Uniforms Limited, Bristol, England, 1981. Designed to follow the SOLAS Regulations of 1974 (Safety of Life at Sea) that required vessels to carry specialised safety equipment.

Belt, axe and holster, for shipboard firefighting suit

1981