Can this be solved, iron farm piece

[matthewc61]

1890 -1920 homestead . This piece looks like scrap iron but there are some significant angles to it, which I will try to describe with pictures.

Picture 1-left side bent over but solid about inch up from bottom of bend, also right side end flares out a little, end is a little wider.

Picture 2 close up of end that bends into itself. Bottom of that bend about 1 inch solid, no groove at bend.

Picture 3 flare out at end ,


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[ANTIQUARIAN]

I've no idea what this might have been originally from Matt?
But if I had to guess, I'd say it came from the frame of a wagon.

Dave

 

[Simon1]

Is it to wide to be a wagon tongue support or bracket ?

 

[Tony in SC]

Just a guess. I have seen horse drawn cultivators and planters with homemade brackets, like that, and a piece of sheetmetal (sometimes even a car tag) to form a raised mound in the row?

 

[matthewc61]

Interesting , there were wagons and lumber industry from 1880- 1940’s, and a lot of farming at the homesite.