Mill basket with woven bottom, Grand Falls-Windsor

A mill basket with a woven bottom. This mill basket was used by Michael Ryan while he worked in the mill. Ryan relocated to Grand Falls-Windsor from St. Mary's Bay in 1916 to work as a fireman in the paper mill there. Year of construction unknown. Acquired 1916 and used by Ryan until 1946 when...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penney, Nicole
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1499
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Summary:A mill basket with a woven bottom. This mill basket was used by Michael Ryan while he worked in the mill. Ryan relocated to Grand Falls-Windsor from St. Mary's Bay in 1916 to work as a fireman in the paper mill there. Year of construction unknown. Acquired 1916 and used by Ryan until 1946 when he handed the basket down to his son who used it until he retired from the Department of Highways in 1966.