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Evidence for the function of the chimney was also uncovered during the restoration process.  When the ca. 1881 brick infill was removed from the fireplace, the masons found pieces of wrought iron hardware called gudgeons that had once held the ca. 1812 chimney crane in place.

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The ca. 1812 gudgeon that was found entrapped in the ca. 1881 masonry that infilled the North Kitchen's fireplace.