Historical information

In the late eighteenth century wagon wheels were constructed by wheelwrights using timber felloes, hub and spokes that were held together by an iron outer hoop and iron nave bonds fitted by a blacksmith. The wheels hung from axle arms attached to the shaft of a two-wheeled cart or four-wheeled wagon. Horse-drawn carts and wagons were commonly used to move around people, goods and agricultural materials until the early twentieth century.

Physical description

Wagon wheel with wooden hub, spokes, and wheels, and steel bounded rings.