page_title: Chaldron
hierarchical_section_title: Chaldron
caption_attribution_description: English: Beamish Museum, County Durham, England. The north side of the chaldron wagon mounted outside the entrance buildings (behind the camera), in the entrance area of the museum site.
context_page_description: A chaldron was an English measure of dry volume, mostly used for coal; the word itself is an obsolete spelling of cauldron. It was used from the 13th century onwards, nominally until 1963 when it was abolished by the Weights and Measures Act 1963 but in practice until the end of 1835 when the Weights and Measures Act of that year specified that thenceforth coal could only be sold by weight.
context_section_description: A chaldron (also chauldron or chalder) was an English measure of dry volume, mostly used for coal; the word itself is an obsolete spelling of cauldron. It was used from the 13th century onwards, nominally until 1963 when it was abolished by the Weights and Measures Act 1963 but in practice until the end of 1835 when the Weights and Measures Act of that year specified that thenceforth coal could only be sold by weight.
caption: Chaldron wagon at Beamish.  The long brake lever is for control when running down to the staith by gravity. Note that the perspective of this photo makes the chaldron seem much larger than it is.
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