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Doubletree
- Description
- Wooden doubletree with two singletrees attached. The singletrees each have a metal half-circle clasp at each end. The singletrees are attached to the main bar of by metal pieces.
- Category
- DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORTATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- LAND TRANSPORTATION, ANIMAL POWERED
- Description
- Wooden doubletree with two singletrees attached. The singletrees each have a metal half-circle clasp at each end. The singletrees are attached to the main bar of by metal pieces.
- History Of Use
- A doubletree is a crossbar on a wagon, carriage, plow, etc., to each end of which the singletrees are attached when two horses are harnessed abreast. A singletree is a bar between the pulling animal and the wagon or plow that balances the weight being pulled.
- Part Names
- singletree
- Accession No.
- 1991.192.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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