The pushing drain-scoop was shaped to easily remove any loose, dry earth left at the bottom of a drain shortly after it had been dug.
This pushing drain-scoop has ‘WA’ (William Archer) impressed into the handle.
Convicts Burrows, Paget, Fetton and Jones were often noted as working in drainage, including at the first swamp, second swamp, main drain (through the ploughed land from the river to the swamp) and on the sown land.
