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56/157
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Scoops were used for digging land drains. The ditch would first be dug with a spade and then the bottom cleaned and smoothed with the scoop. This scoop is made of iron, and originally had a wooden handle which is now missing. Nothing is known of the origins of this scoop.
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scoop: metal
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MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘Nothing is known of the origin of this drainage scoop. It is made of iron and originally had a wooden handle riveted to the socket in two places. Only the shaft and the scoop itself now remain. The shaft is 20 1/2 inches long and the half cylinder scoop 8 1/2 inches long and 5 1/4 inches wide. // see 51/214M'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_1421.tif - High resolution image
