NRMv - early container ?
Moving house - or even a farm - over long distances was something the railways could do ! Horse-drawn removal van loaded onto a railway flat [well] waggon.
Note : on "axle stands" to take the weight off the original wooden wheels
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Road/rail removals van made by Zadock Spence of Hinckley, Leicestershire, 1910-1912. Used by removals firm of B. Ridgeway and Sons, Hinckley until 1948. Horse-drawn with wooden wheels. Body of waggon designed to be loaded onto a flat bed railway wagon. Curved profile to conform to railway loading gauge. Complete, original condition, including tool box containing some tools. Owner's name lettered on both sides. Detachable tailboard
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Taken on Thursday October 10, 2024
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Posted on Sunday October 13, 2024
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