Categories


Artifacts Documents Photographies Historical maps Videos Books Geological materials Illustrations Oral histories

Wagon wheel jack

Id

230

Idno

A0011

Type

Artifacts

Title

Wagon wheel jack

Description

Mechanical jack for wagon wheel. Composed of a rectangular wooden prism, a lever mechanism plate, and 3 metal bands surrounding the body. The lever could pull out a bar-shaped metal body, sometimes slotted, capable of supporting up to 3 tons. This helped load the wagon car to change its wheel.

Temporality

1800s

Length

Width

High