19th June 2009

Dave Young brought in the wooden trough for the street watering cart this morning, for trial fitting to the brackets and supply pipe. The wood is Meranti, a hardwood often used in place of Walnut.

Below: Dave has fitted copper pipes to create the spouts, as suggested by engravings in various trade catalogues. This should offer a degree of protection to the wood, saving the interior being exposed to damp.

Below: The lid is, we think, important to reduce splashing! We are minded to varnish the box, probably with a bitumastic coating for the interior. The tank will be blue, with wheels and shafts in red as per the water cart for the steam roller.

Below: A general view of the box mounted on the cart. The existing brackets require some ‘manipulation’ to get a perpendicular fit for the box to the cart in the various relevant angles.