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Figure 8. — Freight-Carrying Wagon of tiik Period 1800- 1820. (Drawing by Donald W. Hoist.) 



This drawing and those of figures 9 and 10 arc from 

 specifications, sketches, and photographs, now in the 

 files of the division of transportation, U. S. National 

 Museum, taken in 1925 by Paul E. Garber from a 

 wagon then the property of Amos Gingrich, Lancaster, 

 Pennsylvania. This wagon is illustrated in John 

 Omwake's Conestoga six-horse bell teams, 1750- 1850, 

 Cincinnati, 1930, pp. 57, 63, 87. 



a: Bed and running gear, right side: i. Bows for 

 supporting cover. 2, Ridgepole, or stringer. 3. Top 

 rail, with bow staples and side-board staples. 4. .Side- 

 boards, removable. 5, Feedbox in traveling position. 

 6, Rubbing plates to prevent wheels wearing wooden 

 frame. 7, Side-board standards, forming framework 

 of sides (on the inside, a few of these .sometimes project 



a few inches above the top rail to support the side- 

 boards). 9, Securing rings for the ends of the spread 

 chains, two of which span the bed to give extra sup- 

 port to the sides against inside pressures. 



b: Tongue, or pole, top and side views: 1 , double- 

 tree hasp, shown in proper position over the double- 

 tree in the lower drawing: the hammer-headed 

 doubletree pin goes through it. then through the 

 doubletree and the tongue. 2, Wear plate for double- 

 tree pin. 3, Feedbox staple; in use, the feedbox is 

 unhooked from the rear, the long pin on one end of 

 the box is passed through the hole for the doubletree 

 pin, and the lug on the other end of the bo.\ is 

 slipped through the staple. 4, Hitching rings, for 

 securing horses while feeding. 5, End ring. 



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