Photo Index - Witherby, Rugg & Richardson - Single end sash tenoner

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Witherby, Rugg & Richardson
Worcester, MA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Tenoning Machine
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	Art Shaw

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Single end sash tenoner
Date of Manufacturer:	1870s?
Serial Number:
Last Updated	2/20/2005 9:19:14 PM

Comments:

This beautiful machine is from the era when wooden machines were gradually being replaced by cast iron. This is a transitional machine, half cast iron/half wood, probably from the 1870s. It can be seen in the Sutherland Steam Sawmill in Nova Scotia, one of the Nova Scotia Provincial Museums.

Photo 1:

Comments: Dig the original paint; red cast iron hearts on green background. Looks like folk art to me.
Source: Photo from my visit in 1997

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Photo 2:

Comments: South end of the wooden frame with the carriage rails
Source: My visit in 1997

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Photo 3:

Comments: More original paint with the name cast in the upper beam.
Source: My visit in 1997

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