Wheelwright Collection

Wheelwright makinbg wooden wheels, Blists Hill, Ironbridge
A skilled wheelwright works on a wooden cart wheel in his workshop at Blists Hill Working Museum, Ironbridge, Shropshire. First published The Independent newspaper Date: 1989

Spoking a Wheell
A wheelwright fitting spokes to the hub of a wheel, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Pedro Pons Pons, of Binirramet, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain
Pedro Pons Pons, in his workshop in Binirramet, near Mahon, Menorca, Spain. Pedro is an arader - one of the last remaining wheelrights

Japan - Cart Maker
Cart Maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Wheelwright hammering a metal cover onto a wooden wheel in a yard. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

BOY APPRENTICES, 2 OF 3
Boys learning the wheelwrights trade at Dr Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney (London) 2 of 3 pictures Date: circa 1890

BOY APPRENTICES, 3 OF 3
Boys learning the wheelwrights trade at Dr Barnardos Boys Home, Stepney (London) 3 of 3 pictures Date: circa 1890

17th century Wheelwright
A wheelwright wields a massive mallet to hammer the spokes into a wooden carriage wheel. Date: 17th century

Busy scene in a wheelwrights workshop. 19th century

Book of Trades, The Wheel Wright. 1841

A Wheelwright
A wheelwright hammering on red-hot pieces of iron to form the tyre of a wheel Date: 1827

William Aldridge (113)
WILLIAM ALDRIDGE Wheelwright of Acton, Middlesex, who lived for 113 years : he was 112 when this portrait was made. Date: 1584 - 1698

Barnardos Home Wheelwright
A young wheelwright at an unnamed Barnardos Home. Date: circa 1922

French Wheelwright
A French charron (= wheel wright) fits iron hoops onto the wooden wheel. Date: circa 1845

Old Wheelwright
An old wheelwright putting together a wheel in his yard, Surrey, England. Date: 1930s

Tyring a Wheel
Wheelwrights tyring a wheel the old-fashioned way, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Hammering a Wheel
A wheelwright hammering a tyre into a cartwheel in his workshop, Berkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Wheelwrights Barn Shop
An old Wheelwrights barn in the hamlet with the strange name of Gummows Shop, near Newquay, Cornwall, England. Who was Gummow and what sort of shop was it? Date: 1930s

Wheelwrights - Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
Wheelwrights at work near Mandu, Madhya Pradesh Province, India attach metal rims to large cart wheels. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Wheelwright 1930S
A man, possibly a wheelwright, wheels a large cart wheel across a yard

Wheelwright Worker
A wheelwright working on the spokes of a wheel

Making a Wooden Wheel
A man using a saw to make a wooden wheel

C17 Wheelwright / Woodcut
A wheelwright wields a massive mallet to hammer the spokes into a wooden carriage wheel

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