Socket
date: label: Date made
content: 1940s
label: date made
content: ca. 1940s
label: used date
content: 1870s-1960s
notes: label: Description
content: Sockets were used to tighten or remove bolts and associated nuts. The mechanic used a bar inserted through a hole in the top end of the socket or used a large, open-end wrench to turn the socket. A long-handled bar or wrench gave considerable leverage in turning or holding the socket. An "extender" could be slipped onto the bar or wrench handle to give even more leverage.
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 National Park Service
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0075.16
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0075.16
label: accession number
content: 2002.0075
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Socket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; x 24.13 cm x 6.35 cm