Back-Out Punch
date: label: Date made
content: 1900 to 1950
label: date made
content: ca. 1900s-1950s
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Punches like this were used with a hammer to pound out bolts or rivets whose heads had been cut off.
label: Description
content: This tool is part of a collection of hand tools used in the inspection and repair of steam locomotives in Salisbury, North Carolina from 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0075.06
label: accession number
content: 2002.0075
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0075.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Backout punch
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 575 3/4 in x 12 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 1462.405 cm x 32.385 cm x 4.445 cm