N° d'objet
55/135
Description
This timber carriage, also known as a 'timber jill', was used for hauling timber by the Hunt Brothers of Waterside Works, a firm of millwrights in Soham, Cambridgeshire. It consists of a central shaft and four wheels, and is made of wood with iron fittings and wheel rims. It is inscribed with 'Hunt Bros. Millwrights, Soham'.
Description physique
1 timber carriage: wood; metal (iron); good condition
Historique d'archive
The donor, Mr Tom Hunt, requested that they be recorded as 'in memory of Thomas B. Hunt, Millwright, of Waterside Works, Soham, Cambs.' This was his father, who died in 1954 at the age of 95 and was working almost up to the last.
Nom d'objet
Matériel