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Post Hole Auger (open access)

Post Hole Auger

Patent for an improved post-hole digger/auger with multiple blades that cut in a spiral pattern and has the blades adjust and lock on the base. The blade shanks form a cage and keeps dirt from clogging the blades.
Date: May 22, 1915
Creator: Hoover, Orville M. & Ardery, Sarah, J.
System: The Portal to Texas History