Wheel, Spinning
Object number89.26.1
Credit LineGift of Suzanne D.Kairys
DescriptionWood spinning wheel also known as a great wheel, walking wheel or wool wheel.Label TextIn 1868 Carolyn Tucker Beatty moved to Pittsburgh from New York and brought the wheel with her. It had a “Miner’s Accelerated Head,” manufactured in New York that increased the speed of spinning the yarn.Previous owner
Carolyn Tucker Beatty
Subjects
On View
On viewc. 1779
c.1830
Schul-Sons
Schul-Sons
C. and E. Marshall Company