HORSESHOE
c. 1880 - 1929C shaped flat iron horse shoe. Indented ridge runs along surface with holes in it for nails. Several nails embedded in holes.
Horseshoe used by members of the Buckingham family sometime from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s. The show would have been placed onto one of their horses used to pull the cart loaded with goods from their orchard in either Roleystone or up the hill overlooking Kelmscott, down to the Kelmscott train station so it could be sent off to market.
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This object is part of a collection that shows how private transportation and farm machinery has evolved within the City of Armadale since 1830. When Kelmscott was gazetted in 1830 the small town was connected to Perth and Fremantle by a simple sandy track. In order to get goods to and from the town and the surrounding properties animal drawn transport was essential. In the 1890s with the arrival of the train, animal powered transport was still required to transport goods to and from stations at Kelmscott and Armadale as well as to power ploughs in the paddocks.
City of Armadale - History House
City of Armadale - History House
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