More information here:
http://www.niagaragreenbelt.com/listings/53-historic-a-heritage-sites/796-johansson-bar.html
I'm curious as to how long the bar is (6'-8')? The clevises suggest that chains or ropes were used? I think it is best on purpose in order to make it more stable when being used (less apt to roll over).
Bruce Marcham
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Subject: Re: [BP] Johannson Bar?
Mary:
Thanks, I'll pass this along. How it got where it got is a big mystery. Using the wedge at the one end for leverage appears to be what most people think its for. As for its name, who knows :).
Sue
> Sue,
> The photo you show looks more like a peavey because of the hook on
> the end. It's used in logging to move logs by leverage. It's bent
> and I'm guessing there's a story about that -- otherwise, why would
> it be attached to a monument? A Johnson bar, or a spud bar is
> usually shorter than a peavy, and has no hook on the end. A
> Johnson/spud bar has a wedge or point on the business end and
> sometimes has a head on the other end. It would have many uses. I
> have used mine to move large rocks and chunks of concrete, again by
> leverage. The names of these tools came to me from Idaho and Oregon
> in the local vernacular. I wonder what this tool is called elsewhere.
>
> MVT
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>> On Aug 24, 2014, at 4:31 PM, Susan Maltby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Greetings wise ones. A client of mine has an "artifact" in her
>> public art collection that has been referred to as a "Johannson
>> bar" (photo attached). Supposedly it was used in quarrying stone.
>> Her research has shown up no such bar. It appears to have nothing
>> to do with anyone named "Johannson." She fears that it may well
>> be an urban myth. One person thought that it might be a "spud
>> bar" (apparently a Scottish term). Does anyone on the list know
>> what this thing is & how it is suppose to be used? We also have
>> no idea if it is complete or not. Any input would be appreciated.
>>
>> Many thanks.
>>
>> Sue Maltby, Conservator
>> Maltby & Associates Inc.
>> Adjunct Faculty, Museum Studies Programme/Faculty of Information
>> University of Toronto
>> 174 Spadina Ave., # 602
>> Toronto, Ontario
>> M5T 2C2
>> Canada
>> 416-921-2877
>>
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