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HORSESHOE

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c. 1880 - 1929

Overview

Large C shaped flat iron horse shoe. Indented ridge runs along surface with holes in it for nails. Ends of shoe taper in to a flat end.

Historical information

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.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-AK1975.102B

Material

Ferrous Metal

Width

170 mm

Height or length

20 mm

Depth

190 mm

Year

c. 1880 - 1929

Statement of significance

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.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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