Contributed by Maine Granite Industry Historical Society
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Description
The plug drill hammer or hand hammer is a smooth faced hammer with two striking faces weighing from two to five pounds. It is used for hand drilling, pointing and chiseling in the harder kinds of rocks. The unusual form has both faces alike.
About This Item
- Title: Plug Drill Hammer, 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.)
- Hammers
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Maine Granite Industry Historical Society62 Beech Hill Cross Road, Mount Desert, ME 04660
207-244-7299
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