Knowles, Ivan
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Wooden Block
Description:
A small block consisting of a rusted steel pulley, with a groove for the rope, fastened in worn and bleached wooden frame by pins on which it once revolved. The block is fastened by pins to a heavy steel hook. Condition: Much rusted and worn. Rust stains mark both sides of the case. Such blocks were used for light work; for example in a hay mow or in raising a butchered animal. Later, this must have been used in the woods. Ivan Knowles found it when he was clearing his land above Battle Creek.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
984.20.01
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portable drag saw
Description:
Open end of steel frame rests on the log, securely fastened during a cut by 2 steel dogs attached to the frame. Lower end rests on ground. Motion of the saw gear parts was through a chain over a small sprocket on the engine shaft. Large sprocket is fastened to a counter shaft that carried the saw gear and driving crank. Of the tanks, the smaller held gas; the larger water - which usually boiled over. Inscriptions : 1) in rectangle : CHR ONE IVIC KEL 2) R. M. Wahl & Company Since 1865 Portland, Oregon, U.S.A. Model S5M1 No. 101465 Condition : Rusted from long exposure to weather. Found recently by Mr. Knowles as he cleared his land near Battle Creek. This kind of saw was widely known as a "Wee McGregor" and for many B.C. residents gave the first respite from the cross - cut saw (ca. 1920). A friend of the late Leonard Fowler speculates that he made the frame : " the welding looks like Fowler's.".
Date of Object:
ca. 1920
Accession #:
984.22.01
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