Four-Wheel Horse Brake

Description

Demonstration of iron brake, or slipper, used with four-wheeled horse wagons, Swinithwaite ( Wensleydale). The slipper would have hung from the wagon itself, and would be lowered to the ground in such a way that when the wheel turned into it, it was effectively braked. Mounted on Photo File card. Informant: Jack Lynas of Holgate Farm, Hurst Moor (Arkengarthdale). Card 2 in a series of 2. Originally held in Photo File: Farm Carts.

Metadata

Identifier z1g1gttx
IRN 412154
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P1214
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/z1g1gttx
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Farm Carts: Photocards
Creator(s) Kissling, Werner
Date Summer 1968
Size and Medium 1 mounted photographic print.

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