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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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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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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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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
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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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Clippers
London Canal Museum

These clippers have a wooden handle, with oiled cutting blades to ease the trimming of horse hair. The back of the clippers read "English Manufacturer" and "T L Whitebrass". The... more

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Dandy Brush
London Canal Museum

A dandy brush is a stiff-bristled brush used for horse-grooming. It removes the dirt and mud stirred up by the curry comb. A dandy brush is used in the direction of growth of a... more

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Body Strap with Tugs
London Canal Museum

This body strap is made of leather, and was most likely part of a horse harness. It has three pierced holes and metal buckle, made of a copper alloy. It would have been buckled... more

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