Gallery > Practical archeology > Hund mining cart

Commissioned by the National Railway Museum in York, Chris - while a director of Dorothea Restorations - was asked to make a replica sixteenth Century guided wagon known as a ‘Hund’. A wooden body with wrought iron framework, made using contemporary evidence, these mining cars was used in Germany for getting minerals from the mine face.

‘Hund’ means ‘Dog’ – perhaps because of the growling sound the wooden wheels make on the rails.

• Location

  : York

• Client

  : National Railway Museum - York

• Year

  : 1986

• Material

  : Wrought Iron