Double Crease Caulking Iron

Object/Artifact

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Double Crease Caulking Iron

Entry/Object ID

1993.026.011

Description

-wide blunt base with two indentations used for applying oakum between wood ship planks -part of 11 iron ship caulking tools in wood box with sliding lid from the Cahill Forge & Foundry Co. in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Collection

Tools Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Cahill Forge & Foundry Co.

Place

City

Chattanooga, TN

State/Province

Tennessee

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Notes

Date: late 1800s to 1922

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Iron, Caulking

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Iron, Woodworking

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Search Terms

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Material

Iron