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Two-wheeled oxcart
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Two-wheeled oxcart

Date1880-1889
Mediumwood, metal
Dimensions78 x 62 x 81 inches
ClassificationsLand Transportation -- Animal-Powered
Catalog number84.10.1
DescriptionTwo-wheeled cart made of six horizontal wood rails that fit into slats in the side rails. Wooden pegs hold the pails together. Curved iron rods hold the cart bed together. Holes about a foot apart on the horizontal side rails were probably used to support upright side rails.
The wheels are made from a solid slice of tree trunk. Metal axel rod, metal rims around outside of 42-inch diameter wheels. Wooden tongue 81 inches long. Two wooden pegs hold slats and side together on front end were added to the cart in 1983.
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