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Pick Axes are used to break up solid materials. The pointed metal tip is used to hack through concrete and other very hard surfaces which the metal chisel tip is used for chipping up softer materials, like asphalt, or compacted soil.
Date: between 1870 and 1940
Item Number: 221036
Call Number: 1988.131.2
KSHS Identifier: 1988.131.2
Business and Industry - Railroad
Collections - Museum
Objects and Artifacts - Unclassifiable Artifacts - Multiple Use Artifacts - Pick
Transportation - Railroads
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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