My masters thesis dealt with a wheelwright's shop in Perry City, Schuyler County, New York, late 19th century. Unfortunately, neither the thesis nor the measured drawings of the now demolished shop are digital.
 
 
 
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On 03/09/12, Bill<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
Hello all,

I'm working on a report for a Data Recovery conducted on a
blacksmith/wheelwright shop (1852-1919) in St. Georges, New Castle County,
Delaware and would like to view/compare works by others in the Middle
Atlantic Region. I have reports by UDCAR/DelDOT, Hunter Research, Inc, and
Richard Grubb and Associates. I was wondering if anyone else had reports
that could be sent via PDF for regional comparison?

The Data Recovery at St. Georges recovered a total of 30,058 artifacts from
the shop, with 24,724 or 82% ferrous metal items with lesser quantities of
copper alloy and white metal, ceramics and glass. The shop measured 20 feet
wide by 90 feet long (3 equal sections) two stories. There was a Farrier in
the first section and blacksmiths in the second and third sections.
Wheelwright work took place on the second floor. We have a great circa 1909
photo of the smiths and the front and side of the shop. The shop burned
down in either November or December of 1919 and even though it was the
subject of a Data Recovery, it remains intact beneath a grassy lawn.

Thanks,

Bill Liebeknecht MA, RPA
Principal Investigator
Hunter Research, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey 08608-1185