Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society
Description
A special tool for picking rocks from a field. This fork has a long handle with short tines allowing for easy tossing of rocks onto a rock cart or truck.
Usually a rock cart would travel through a field with 2 or 3 workers walking near the cart. These workers used the fork to pick up a smaller rock and toss it into the cart. This eliminated having to stoop down to pick up the rock by hand.
About This Item
- Title: Rock-picking fork, Presque Isle, ca. 1930
- Creation Date: circa 1930
- Subject Date: circa 1930
- Location: Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Metal, wood
- Dimensions: 131 cm x 18 cm x 10.5 cm
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Presque Isle Historical SocietyPO Box 285, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 762-1151
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