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A drainage scoop used on a farm at Great Conard, Suffolk (1900 - 1950). Used for cleaning the bottom of a drain before the tiles were laid.
This drainage scoop was used on the farm at Great Conard, Suffolk, between 1900 and 1950. It was used for cleaning the bottom of a tile drain before the tiles were laid, and also for lifting the drainage tile into place. It consists of a long, narrow, slightly convex scoop blade, with an upright shaft onto which the handle (now missing) would be fitted.

1 Scoop: metal; handle missing

1900-01-01 - 1949-12-31

Twentieth century, first half