Description

Three coloured photos of paddle mallets from Kings County. Inscriptions - First photo: "Newport Landing Museum, Hants County, possibly a paddle mallet for compressing the sods on face of new dyke." Second photo: "Newport Landing Museum, Hants County, could be a mallet for packing face of new dyke; operator stands on top of dyke (Ellis Gertridge)." Third photo: "Newport Landing Museum, Hants County, paddle mallet (possibly) for compressing sods on face of new dyke walls."

Date Created

2000

Type

photograph

Creator (Person)

Bleakney, John Sherman, 1928-2019

Affiliated People

Bleakney, John Sherman, 1928-2019

Topics

Dikes (Engineering)

Accession Number

2004.039-BLE/18