87/977 Carousel horse, reproduction, `Galloper’ type, fibreglass and wood, 1987 Collection: Powerhouse Museum
To generate horsepower for most of the nineteenth century, you turned to steam. At a fairground carousel, it was the way to give real gallop to a wooden horse. This reproduction ‘galloper’ is part of an exhibit copied by the Museum from a 19th Century carousel.
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