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Description
Using compressed air, this tool which has a free piston or hammer reciprocates in a cylinder and strikes the drill steel at the end of the forward stroke, forcing the drill steel or chisel into the stone, chipping it. This tool is said to have put ten men out of work who used hand tools.
About This Item
- Title: Pneumatic Tool, ca. 1900
- Creation Date: circa 1900
- Subject Date: circa 1900
- Location: Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, Hancock County, ME
- Media: Wood, metal
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Granite quarrying--Equipment and supplies
- Tools
- Stone quarrying--Maine
- Granite quarrying--Maine
- Hall Quarry (Mount Desert, Me.)
- Chisels
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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society62 Beech Hill Cross Road, Mount Desert, ME 04660
207-244-7299
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