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The Marshalltown trowel is an excavation implement used by archaeologists around the globe. Manufactured by the Marshalltown Company of Marshalltown, Iowa, the trowel was first introduced in the 1890s. [1] A patent filed for its handle by the company on July 12, 1927 was granted on December 23, 1930. [2] The Marshalltown trowel is made of a ...
An advertisement for a Marshalltown Trowel from 1912. The origins of Marshalltown can be traced back to the American inventor and entrepreneur Dave Lennox.While working in his machine shop in the mid-1880s in Marshalltown, Iowa, Mr. Lennox received a visit from a stonemason who asked him to make a better plastering trowel [7] while working on the construction site of the Marshall County ...
A WHS trowel. The WHS pointing trowel is prized amongst archaeologists in the United Kingdom who find its strength useful in digging heavy deposits. In his 1946 book Field Archaeology, Richard J. C. Atkinson (best known for excavating Stonehenge), "unequivocally" recommended the use of a trowel for archaeology; during the postwar era, WHS and a competing brand from Bowden were predominant.
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The Marshalltown Downtown Historic District is a historic district located in Marshalltown, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [ 1 ] At the time of its nomination it contained 96 resources, which included 79 contributing buildings , one contributing site , and 16 non-contributing buildings. [ 2 ]
Dr. Glick, an early founder and promoter of Marshalltown sold his home to the George Sower family in 1870. [2] George Sower emigrated from Germany in the 1840s and worked in the newspaper business, founding the Marshall Times, now known as the Marshalltown Times Republican. The home was owned by the Sower family until 1952, when Susie Sower ...
The Marshalltown Formation is a Late Cretaceous -aged geologic formation in New Jersey and Delaware, US. Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. It contains the most extensive Campanian-aged dinosaur fauna from New Jersey and Delaware. [1] [2]