Object number
86/232
Description
A rake head found in the bed of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Towney Lock and Padworth Bridge in Berkshire in the early 1980s.
This is an iron rake with 16 teeth. The handle is missing. It was found in the bed of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Towney Lock and Padworth Bridge in Berkshire in the early 1980s. It was probably a stone or clearing rake of the type used by municipal or river workmen.
Physical description
1 river rake: iron; fair condition but handle missing
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: RAKE // Accession number: 86/232 // Classification: Utilities water [‘SERVICES Communication’ scored through] // Negative number: 60/15210 // Acquisition method: GIFT // Acquired from, date: via J. H. B. Roy c/o DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE THE UNIVERSITY September 1986 // Store: small object // Condition: Handle missing // Recorder, date: JMB 14.10.86 // Description: ['Phys ch.' pencil] Iron rake with 16 teeth and long stem into which a wooden handle would be fixed. // Dimensions: Length: 50.0cm Width of head: 38.0cm // Length of teeth: 9.0cm // Associated information: ['Notes prov' pencil] This rake was found in the bed of the Kennet & Avon Canal between Towney Lock and Padworth Bridge, early 1980's. // ['notes general' pencil] Probably a stone or clearing rake of the type used by municipal or river workmen. // ['class 31.3 // Subj Help: Rivers. Cleaning. // Rakes.' pencil] // References:'
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