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Re: [photo-3d] Local scenes

  • From: Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [photo-3d] Local scenes
  • Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:54:58 -0600
>Another use for a heavier hoop would have been as the rim for a carriage
>or cart wheel, which sometimes needed replacing by a wheelwright, just
>as rubber tires do today by a tire dealer.  Some of the rims were metal
>hoops, others were wood.
>

Yes - transferring over from my other main list (The Oregon Trail),
the iron rims on wagon wheels were frequently referred to as "tires".
They typically would be much thinner than the hoops in the picture,
though, and indeed made of metal... I'll ask on the OCTA list to 
see if anybody knows.

--BW

              Bob Wier
     mailto:wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   5:54 PM Saturday, April 15, 2000
        Unix/Internet Administrator
   Rocky Mountain College, Billings MT.
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