Harpoon Hay Fork, Circa 1900
Description
- Media Type
- Object
- Description
- This is a large metal fork like implement with four long prong like extensions, that fold at a 90 degree angle from the main frame. They are very heavy and very sturdily made.
- Notes
- This device was used prior to the invention of hay elevators and baling equipment. This large fork like apparatus was used to help get the hay from the wagon to the lofts in the upper portions of a barn.
It was attached to a pulley that a horse would provide power for and take large quantities of hay up to the loft from below on the long forks.
- Inscriptions
- Accession Number 975.5.83 Louder Mach Co. Guelph Ontario
- Date of Original
- Circa 1900
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- Artifact Collection
- Collection
- Local History
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 46.28336 Longitude: -83.23318
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- Donor
- Donated by John Keast - Maple Ridge (from the Round Barn.
- Contact
- Huron Shores MuseumEmail:thessalonlib@hotmail.com
Agency street/mail address:1 James St. P.O. Box 460
Iron Bridge, ON P0R 1H0
