Hose cart
Merryweather and Sons
Category
Historic Services / Security & fire
Date
1880
Materials
Wood, Iron, Canvas
Measurements
1375 x 935 mm; 2362 mm (Length)2650 mm (Length)
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886532
Summary
Merryweather and Sons hose cart, c.1880, with twelve-spoke iron-tyred wheels on a spring axle. With spare shafts and lengths of hose and nozzle.
Provenance
A gift of Gerald, 7th Viscount Clifden, who gave the house to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to live there until his death in 1966.
Makers and roles
Merryweather and Sons, builder