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OBJECT TYPE: LINES/HANDRAWN/PAPER
DATE: 1860–1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0329.001

MANUFACTURER: HERALD, DANIEL
MODEL: SETS OF OARS
LOCATION: Gore's Landing, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 266.0 cm
Width: 25.5 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Marine Transportation
Category: Naval architecture
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: HERALD
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Gore's Landing

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY THE 1860'S TO 1890/ HERALD STARTED HIS FIRST BOATBUILDING CO. IN THE 1860'S & DIED IN 1890
Canada: USED TO CONSTRUCT OARS BY DANIEL HERALD OR ONE OF HIS SUCCESSORS WORKING FOR THE RICE LAKE CANOE CO. HERALD WAS ONE OF THE EARLY BUILDERS OF THE "CANADIAN CANOE".
Function: USED AS A REFERENCE TOOL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OARS
Technical: EXAMPLE OF TECHNICAL DRAWINGS FOR OAR CONSTRUCTION DRAWN DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE 19 CENTURY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: CURSIVE WRITING INCLUDES: 'Brassed copper 1/2 in wide spliced on back' 'end of bone inside blade''bevel of flat on back of oar for feathering''spoon oars pine or spruce''white ash oars''leather butted on upper side of oar''leather ring...''large ash oars 8 ft 3 1/2 in long/ small " " 7" 8 1/2"/ owned by self/ blade one thire[sic] the whole length of oar'/ PLUS VARIOUS DIMENSIONS AND EXPLANATIONS FOR DRAWINGS.
Missing: N/A
Finish: PARCHMENT WITH PENCIL LINES
Decoration: N/A

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HERALD, DANIEL, Drawing, circa 1860–1890, Artifact no. 1994.0329, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1994.0329.001/

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