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Start Over Collection Terry Dinsmore, Collector, Cast Iron Tools Date range 1884
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Terry Dinsmore, Collector, Cast Iron Tools

0.6 Linear Feet 7 in. (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 drop front box, 4 in.)
Two cast iron tools, a hearth implement and a wedge for splitting wood. The hearth implement is 2 ft. 8 in. in length with the metal bent in a closed hook shape at one end and a curved piece of flattened metal attached to the other. The wedge is 6 1/2 in. long and 1 1/2 in. at it widest part. The surface of both tools is rusted. The tools were excavated near to the remnants of an industrial hearth near Sunset Beach, Cheat Lake, West Virginia. The site of excavation is several hundred yards from where the Jackson Ironworks was located. See "Historical Note" for further information regarding the Jackson Ironworks.
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Terry Dinsmore, Collector, Cast Iron Tools 0.6 Linear Feet 7 in. (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 drop front box, 4 in.)

Two cast iron tools, a hearth implement and a wedge for splitting wood. The hearth implement is 2 ft. 8 in. in length with the metal bent in a closed hook shape at one end and a curved piece of flattened metal attached to the other. The wedge is 6 1/2 in. long and 1 1/2 in. at it widest part. The surface of both tools is rusted. The tools were excavated near to the remnants of an industrial hearth near Sunset Beach, Cheat Lake, West Virginia. The site of excavation is several hundred yards from where the Jackson Ironworks was located. See "Historical Note" for further information regarding the Jackson Ironworks.

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