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This is a steel Alligator Wrench so named for the serrations on one side of jaw resembling the open jaws of an alligator. It is used to turn cylindrical or irregularly shaped parts.
Date: between 1935 and 1987
Item Number: 221032
Call Number: 1987.178.131
KSHS Identifier: 1987.178.131
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Construction and maintenance
Collections - Museum
Date - 1930s
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
Date - 1970s
Date - 1980s
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Metalworking - Wrench - Alligator
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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