battlecry1 Posted 8 October , 2012 Share Posted 8 October , 2012 Hiya Everyone, While I was out walking on the mud at shoeburyness east beach I came across just sticking out of the mud a very rusted old iron wheel which was very heavy weighing I would think in excess of 300ib or more and estimated about 24 inches in Diameter and rim to rim about 4 inches. wondering if anyone on the forum can possibly ID this find. it was found about half a mile out on the mud and around 50 feet away from the MOD defence line... Thinking it could possibly be the wheel from a Artillery Gun ??? but think it may be to small. What do you think?? or a piece of junk.... Paul . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 8 October , 2012 Share Posted 8 October , 2012 Looks like a flanged wheel off a small rail wagon (as used in mines, quarries, etc). If nothing of that kind existed in the area, then perhaps it was brought from elsewhere for use as a weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 8 October , 2012 Share Posted 8 October , 2012 Sea Anchor ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted 11 October , 2012 Share Posted 11 October , 2012 My Father living at Shoeburyness when his father a Royal Engineer ran the Engineering side of the ranges back in 1938. At that time much of the range was covered by a small miniature railway line, and this looks like a railway wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 11 October , 2012 Share Posted 11 October , 2012 Sea Anchor ?????? Sea anchors float being intended to keep a ship, in waters too deep for normal anchoring, head to wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 11 October , 2012 Share Posted 11 October , 2012 Iron, flanged and that size could be either a small railway wheel or off a 19th century garrison gun carriage for a large gun mounted on a track. I would suspect the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 12 October , 2012 Share Posted 12 October , 2012 Could it be one of the running wheels of a tank or other tracked vehicle - possibly an old one used as an artillery target? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 12 October , 2012 Share Posted 12 October , 2012 With a flange? Don't think so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 12 October , 2012 Share Posted 12 October , 2012 The picture isn't quite clear but I wondered if it had a double flange, like a pulley, to take a solid rubber tyre. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 12 October , 2012 Share Posted 12 October , 2012 I think none of the British tanks fitted with tires of this nature had spoked running wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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