Charging shovel

identifier
ID 485
morphology
craft
craft
craft
holotype
MOT V 84.0736 L=100cm WD=16cm WT=1550gr. Inscription: WARRANTED CA[...] A SHOVELS SPADES A OF BEST MANUFACTURE.
holotype
EMA wkt000089 L=90cm WD=16cm H=5cm WT=1125gr
holotype
MOT V Dv 0939 L=90cm WD=15cm WT=1380gr
description

Rectangular iron shovel (approx. 30 cm long) with a wooden D-handle (approx. 70-80 cm).

It is used by the stoker when filling the boiler of a heating installation or of a steam engine, and by the brickmaker when heating the oven.

It has raised edges so that the coals do not fall out when shoveling.

See also the coal scoop and coal shovel. [MOT]

MOT V Dv 0939