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Cart wheel
Cart wheel comprising steel tyre, seven ash felloes, fourteen oak spokes, and elm hub; two tapering spokes fit into each felloe; mortice joints used to fit spokes into hub; chamfered edges on felloes but other parts only partially shaped; iron band on end of hub; hole through centre of hub for axle to fit through; wooden parts painted red.
The wheel was intended for use on a vehicle to be used by a firm of undertakers but was never used.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F02.34.1
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
diameter
(cm): 127
thickness
(cm): 6.5
Width
(cm): 5.2
diameter
(cm): 20
thickness
(cm): 1.6
Material
elm
ash (wood)
oak
Location
St Fagans Sawmill
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