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tool

Tamping pick

identifier

ID 1031
morphology
hoe/adze-shaped

craft

holotype

MOT V 82.0867 L=90cm WD=60cm D(steel)=7,2cm WT=4300gr

alias

railroad stamping pick (syn.) (SELLENS: 324)

alias

railroad tamping pick (syn.) (SELLENS: 324)
description

The railway worker uses this pickaxe to put fine (e.g. gravel) and coarse ballast under the rails. The iron ends in a point and the other end is T-shaped. [MOT]