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“Conn Fence” wheel; three-legged upright metal wheel with bobbin and flyer, metal treadle.

German wheel front view; metal upright wheel with metal bobbin and flyer, wooden treadle. Three extra bobbins are stored on the rear maiden.

Scandinavian wheel that Donna describes; treadle wheel with “an odd construction feature on the hub”

Upright wheel with rings on its spokes

Detail of spokes with rings

Wheel marked “J. FARNHAM Near Owego.” Four-legged wheel with single treadle, bobbin and flyer, distaff.

Wheel marked “J B;” four-legged wheel with single treadle, bobbin and flyer, distaff.

Great wheel signed “F. A. FARNHAM”

3-legged low wheel signed “J. FARNHAM”

Restored wheel signed “AZEL WILDER”

Mystery great wheel

Pierce great wheel

Parts of wheels to be assembled

Reassembled spinning wheels, one of which is marked “ALEXR McINTOSH 1858.”

Double-flyer wheel marked “ALEXR McINTOSH 1798”

Flat-rim spinning wheel [#9 of the thirteen flat-rim spinning wheels with a treadle discussed in this article]

Flat-rim wheel with Scotch tension [#4 of the thirteen flat-rim spinning wheels with a treadle discussed in this article]

Small Turkish wheel with Boxwood parts

Maker’s stencil on inside of drive-wheel rim of a row wheel

Row wheel in the collection of North Grenville Historical Society

Tabletop spinner marked “Rullman and Barker, Iowa Spinner.”

Gauthier wheel, unfolded, front view

Gauthier wheel in folded position

Regeimbal family spinning wheel

“Muffler strap” tension mechanism on a spinning wheel made by Charles Regeimbal

Papier-mâché spinning wheel in cabinet with the lid lifted up

Papier-mâché spinning wheel with cabinet open, ready to spin

Spinning wheel in a cabinet

Mohawk Valley hetchel with wooden cover

Double flyer wheel marked “B. SANFORD”

Spinning wheel marked “A. WEBSTER” with a single wheel and double treadle

Sanford wheel with two wheels and two treadles

Webster wheel with two flyers, two wheels, and two treadles

Great wheel marked “TILDEN”

Six-armed wooden yarn winder marked “Tilden”