Rimming plate house sign
Introduction
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Rimming plate house sign
Image: © Chris Taken: 14 Jun 2013
A rimming plate was used for building wooden cart or carriage wheels. The wheel hub was placed in the centre, and the spokes and wooden wheel rim fitted onto it over the rimming plate. The iron tyre (outer rim) was heated over a fire to expand it, then carried over put onto the outside of the wooden rim. It was then quenched with water to shrink it so for a tight fit. For another rimming plate see: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.870943
Longitude
-0.520795