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Object Name |
Bit |
Donor |
Jensen, Geert |
Description |
Metal drill bit. Half is coiled and comes to a sharp point at the end--this end is used to drill into the wood. Above this is a shorter section that is cylindrical, solid, and smooth. The top end is sort of wedge shaped with four sides. It is narrowest at the outer end, widest where it connects to the cylinder. Dark silver to black in color. Imprinted just below the wedge shaped end, on the cylinder, is "Wm RIDGWAY / SHEFFIELD". Also imprinted is the number "18". |
Dimensions |
W-1.25 L-10 inches |
Made By |
Wm. Ridgway Sheffield |
Creation Date |
ca. 1880s? |
Place Of Origin |
England/Sheffield |
Owned By |
Knudsen, Knud |
Used By |
Knudsen, Knud |
Material |
metal |
Associated People |
Knudsen, Knud |
Search Terms |
Knudsen, Knud Wm. Ridgway Sheffield tool drill bit |
Provenance |
Tools belonged to Knud Knudsen, a Danish immigrant. Knud had been a "shipswright" and he jumped ship in New York in 1890, worked there for a few yars, was hired to work on the Panama Canal, and stayed there until the Canal's completion. After this, he went back to Denmark and married his boyhood sweetheart, and in 1920 they immigrated together to Canada, likely the Toronto area. Knud established himself as a building contractor and retired in Victoria BC around 1940. The donor and his wife were Danish citizens and married there in 1946. They wanted to come to the U.S., but because of the five-year waiting period, they decided to go to Canada instead and settled in Victoria BC in1948. Later, in 1951, they moved to the U.S. They settled in California, where Geert started an export company. It gradually became the largest of its kind west of Chicago and they specialized in American-made appliances. He retired in 1988 and sold the company. Geert met Knud shortly after immigrating to Canada. When Geert left for the U.S. in 1951, Knud gave him a set of drill bits and the hand drill, pieces that Knud had brought to Canada with him when he immigrated. Knud had purchased them in Denmark, apparently an English import to Denmark. |
Date Received by Museum |
10/11/1990 |
Images |
019\1990152002.JPG |
Accession number |
1990.152 |
Object Identification Number |
1990.152.002 |