Wheelbarrows - any data for production

[davelotter]

I am examining the idea of making a wheelbarrow.

Any photos out there?

Dual use civ/ csa / us info would be nice.

[Danny Brown]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

I am examining the idea of amking a limited edition wheelbarrow production.

Any photos out there?

Dual use civ/ csa / us info would be nice.

Good photo in Library of Congress under Fort McAllister (Sherman's Troops Dismantling Fort)

Danny Brown

[Matthew.Rector]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

For reference, here is that particular photograph from the Library of Congress.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?cwar:2:./temp/~ammem_GqB9:

[Savannah, Ga., vicinity. Sherman's troops removing ammunition from Fort McAllister in wheelbarrows].

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1864 December]

SUMMARY
Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Sherman at the sea, December 1864. After marching through Georgia for a month, Sherman stormed Fort McAllister on December 13, 1864 and captured Savannah itself 8 days later. These seven views are limited to the former stronghold and its dismantling preparatory to Sherman's further movement northward. This operation was ordered on December 24, and Gen. William B. Hazen [2d Division, 15th Corps] and Maj. Thomas W. Osborn, Chief of Artillery, had it completed by December 29, storing the guns at Fort Pulaski.

NOTES
Reference: Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0716
Title from Milhollen and Mugridge.

CALL NUMBER
LC-B811- 3503

[davelotter]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

The photo is very helpful! Thanks!

[hireddutchcutthroat]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

David

You may want to look through the records of the US Patent office. You may also want to look at period tool advertisements for different styles and sizes of wheelbarrows. Have you tried the Mercer Museum yet?

[sumter_guard]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

Gold Rush images are good for wheelbarrows too. Check them out. I think I might have a couple with good barrow examples in them. Otherwise check out the Online Archives of California. Type "Gold Rush Daguerreotype" into the search field for the images tab and you're sure to find something. It is an excellent resource.

Good Luck,
Andrew

[jacobite8749]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

Try

http://www.rptrading.biz/Wheelbarrows.html

I have no idea how many times this has come up?

http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/forum/search.php?searchid=428527

[PieBoy96]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

Found this photo of wheelbarrows in a pile... can see the undersides:

Low res jpg:

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c19000/3c19900/3c19947v.jpg

High res tif:

http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cph/3c10000/3c19000/3c19900/3c19947u.tif

TITLE: Dutch Gap Canal [...] November 1864, while Canal was being dug
CALL NUMBER: LOT 4178 [item] [P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-119947

[lukegilly13]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

Where might one find a small wooden wheel that size?

[sthabig]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

Try

http://www.rptrading.biz/Wheelbarrows.html

Hmmm...I couldn't find where they might say if there was any research into their products or whether they used correct materials, construction etc.

I have no idea how many times this has come up?

http://www.authentic-campaigner.com/...earchid=428527

This link comes up with "Sorry no matches" -?

-Tyler

[UnicornForge]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

In my opinion the wheel looks about right but the rest of the wheelbarrow looks a bit odd.

http://www.rptrading.biz/Wheelbarrows.html

I zoomed in on the picture offered above for a closer look. Here it is:

[Ian McWherter]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

A friend of mine, Nicholas Kane, makes the correct 1850s-1860s canal barrow. He uses hardware that he had reproduced from original wheelbarrow hardware dug in the California Gold Country at 1850s mining sites. He has researched these extensively for the California Gold Rush and has made several for our living history group. If anyone wants his contact info PM me.

You can see the barrow is the same as those featured in Civil War images posted earlier:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/5941365d.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/01bfcd38.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/93e7af9f.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...r/b7647d1b.jpg

[JerryGVSU]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

I work at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI, as a living historian (1860's farmer) and the style of wheelbarrow offered by R & P Trading is what we use there. I personally have been very skeptical of the period accurateness of them (Since they're used at sites ranging from the 1760's to 1885), and I also am very interested if any can provide a primary source with that style of barrow. Thanks. :)

[PieBoy96]

Re: Wheelbarrows - any data for production

I came across another LOC photo with lots of wheelbarrows visible:

Low res jpg:

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/cwpb/00100/00131v.jpg

High res tif:

http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cwpb/00100/00131a.tif

TITLE: Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Battery No. 4
CALL NUMBER: LC-B815- 374