Hammer
date: label: Date made
content: 1960s
label: date made
content: ca. 1960s
label: used date
content: 1840- Present
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This type of short, heavy hammer was used for pounding out stuck bolts, used with a punch to pound out rivets whose heads had been cut off, used to hammer on chisels, and used for all kinds of jobs with piping and for boiler and mechanical work. Master mechanic Kevin Bose used this particular hammer at the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the historic roundhouse there. The head dates from the 1960s, with a handle made by Mr. Bose.
label: Description
content: This tool is part of a collection of hand tools used in the inspection and repair of steam locomotives in the early- to the mid-20th century, roughly 1900-1955. Light repairs on steam locomotives were usually done in roundhouses at the many small locomotive terminals throughout a railroad's system; heavy repairs were done in a large, centralized repair shop serving the whole system (often referred to as the "Back Shop").
topic: label: Subject
content: Railroads
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
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content: Work
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kevin Bose
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0075.07
label: accession number
content: 2002.0075
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0075.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hammer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (head material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in x 1 1/16 in; 32.385 cm x 12.065 cm x 2.6609 cm