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56/188/1
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is a very large Suffolk box wagon. It was probably built in the late nineteenth century, and was used in Suffolk from when it was made until it came to the museum, first at Sulley's Farm, Raydon, and then at Boxford Road Farm, Kersey. It has narrow hoop tyred wheels, and the body is painted blue, with a red undercarriage. It was probably used for general carting on the farm and also for taking corn to the mill.
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1 wagon: wood, metal
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>This wagon has an imposing and curved body made to carry the heavy corn crops of the flat fields of Suffolk. Note its wheel hubs, which are larger than usual to compensate for an entirely wooden axle.</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN><P>EAST ANGLIAN BOX WAGON<BR>A box wagon consists of a box sitting on an undercarriage or frame. This shape was common across the whole of central, southern and south-western Britain. </P><P>This very large and deep-sided box wagon originally came from Sulley’s Farm, Raydon, Suffolk, where it was made in the late nineteenth century. It was used in Suffolk, probably during harvesting on the farm and taking crops to the mill, until it was donated to the museum in 1956.</P><P>MERL 56/188</P></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>
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MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: 56/188 // DESCRIPTION: …‘This very large box wagon, probably built in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, was used by the donor on his farm at Hadleigh, Suffolk. The donor bought it at a sale in the 1930s at Raydon, where it had been in use since it was made. // Body construction: Panel. 1 midrail. Body colours: Blue Sideboard Type: Solid Side construction: Waisted frame. Straight side planks. Axle: wooden Wheel: Narrow hoop 3" // Max. Length: 152" Max. Width: 66" Max. Height (ground to top rail): 84" Min. ground clearance of frame): 43" Read wheel diameter: 62" Fore wheel diameter: 43" Track (ground level): 68".'
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1875-01-01 - 1899-12-31
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Late-nineteenth century
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