Spike Extractor

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“An apparatus for extracting spikes, as from a rail. a, rail; b, spike to be extracted; c, fulcrum-piece hooked over the rail and supported on the sleeper d; e, claw-lever, with a heel shown in dotted outline, which is passed through a slot in the fulcrum-piece.” —Whitney, 1889

Keywords

Railroad, rail, fulcrum, spike, apparatus, railway, railroad tool, railway tool, extract spikes, fulcrum-piece, railroad instrument, railway instrument, spike extractor

Galleries

Levers, Rail Transportation, Miscellaneous Tools, Construction Industry

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5831

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