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London Canal Museum

12-13 New Wharf Road King's Cross
London N1 9RT
United Kingdom

T: 020 7713 0836
W: London Canal Museum web page

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Model of Ice Cart and Horse
London Canal Museum

This 1890s cart model is painted yellow and black with gold lettering on side, reading: "Carlo Gatti and Stevenson Limited Ice Merchants. Head office 26 Villers Road, Charing... more

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Nosebag
London Canal Museum

This woven nosebag has leather edging and leather straps, which would have been fastened around a horse's nose to feed. A nose bag became important in the 19th century, as... more

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Horse Ramp
London Canal Museum

This horse ramp was built between 1904-6 when the building was extensively remodelled. It provided access to the first floor for horses, which were stabled there. These were... more

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The Whip
London Canal Museum

This whip, a light wooden handle with a steel cap, with a leather clip has a whipcord made of cotton. The purpose of the whip was to provide a horse with instructions, whether... more

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Farrier's box
London Canal Museum

This farrier's box has three compartments with a steel carrying handle. Farriers have historically cared for a horse's hooves. The farrier also applies horseshoes. He or she... more

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Henrietta the Horse
London Canal Museum

Horses were the essential to transport during the Industrial Revolution. Horses were harnessed to tow boats with rope and pulled cargo along the tow path, which ran parallel... more

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Blinders
London Canal Museum

Blinders were used to prevent the horse from distractions by limiting its field of vision. Blinders help keep the horse from being distracted or frightened, especially in... more

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Twitchers
London Canal Museum

Horse twitchers (or brakes) were two wooden handles joined at one end, used to grip the lip of a horse to stop it moving when a veterinary surgeon wants to treat a horse or for... more

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Drenching Horn
London Canal Museum

A drenching is a metal tube with narrow opening, inserted into a horse's mouth to administer medicine. The wide opening at the top acted as a funnel for the medicine. more

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Horse Collar
London Canal Museum

The horse collar is the part of a horse's harness that distributes the weight of a load between a horse's neck and shoulders. The horse collar is an inflexible, oval shape. It... more

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