[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
79/53
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]
American plough, The Oliver 20 WB-RH,
[nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is an American wooden horse plough with iron hake, wheel, share and coulter. It is painted red. It was made by Oliver of Chilled Plough Works, South Bend, Indiana, and is inscribed 'The Oliver 20 WB-RH'. The museum holds no information about its place of use.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
1 plough: metal, wood
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Wooden horse plough with iron hake, wheel, sahre and coulter. // Red colour. // Inscription: see below The Oliver 20 WB-RH // Length: 200.0cm (approx) // Width at handles: 78.0cm // Made by Oliver // Chilled Plough Works // South Bend Indiana U.S.A. // Found in museum unaccessioned // Came from the Agricultural Machinery Department University of Reading.'
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
South Bend
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- Length 2000 mm
- Length 1010 mm
[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_13335.tif - High resolution image
