Ship Tools from the Propeller <I>Indiana</I>, Hand Truck
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1858
label: when the Indiana was found
content: 1972
notes: label: Description
content: These hand tools were found in the engine and boiler space belowdecks in <I>Indiana</I>’s hold, indicating that they were used for the machinery. The crew used the shovel to add coal to the fires.
label: Description
content: The hand truck—virtually identical to modern examples—is one of four found aboard <I>Indiana</I> and used for moving cargo into, out of, and around the cargo hold of the ship. This hand truck was the artifact that actually identified the vessel when it was located in 1972, for the words “PROPR INDIANA” were stamped into its handle. The other three had different ships’ names stamped on them, indicating that they were secondhand or borrowed equipment.
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Work
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Transportation
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of William H. Cohrs and John Steele
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0033.01
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0033.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0033
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hand truck
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 61 in x 21 1/4 in x 17 1/8 in; 154.94 cm x 53.975 cm x 43.4975 cm