CW era Horseshoes question

[AU Seeker]

Can anyone give any advice on what are the characteristics of a CW era horseshoe compared to a modern machine made shoe?

I have just started too research this subject with this post, so if I find any info on the internet I will post it as well.

Thanks

 

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[HutSiteDigger]

Research "Burden Iron Works" which was a Northern company who made millions of machine made horse shoes for the Union.. It will give you a general idea, if you been doing a-lot of CW hunting i'm sure you have dug a Burden horse shoe...

 

[NVNutcase]

Here are a few that I've picked up recently, and I'm sure some of these are from that era.

 

[BosnMate]

Here are a few that I've picked up recently, and I'm sure some of these are from that era.
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Most of the shoes on the left are mule shoes, ones on the right are horse shoes, and the bottom right is a corrective shoe for a hind foot. The horse was probably pulling a buggy, something where the horse would be trotting a lot, and was interfering or striking the opposite foot or lower leg. That shoe is designed to get the horse to break over the toe and have the foot travel in a straight line.