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Description
Using compressed air, this tool which has a free piston or hammer reciprocates in a cylinder and strikes the drill steel at the end of the forward stroke, forcing the drill steel or chisel into the stone, chipping it. This tool is said to have put ten men out of work who used hand tools.
About This Item
- Title: Pneumatic Tool
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Local Name: Hall Quarry
- Town: Mount Desert
- County: Hancock
- State: ME
- Media: Wood and Metal
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Granite Industry Historical Society62 Beech Hill Crossroad, Mount Desert, ME 04660
(207) 244-0175
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LC Subject Headings
- Granite quarrying--Equipment and supplies
- Tools
- Stone quarrying--Maine
- Granite quarrying--Maine
- Hall Quarry (Mount Desert, Me.)
- Chisels
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