1850's? Hose Cart Make unknown

[1958 F.W.D.]

Moose, I am by no means an expert on handcarts, but just from looking at the pix of yours, I am willing to bet that it is no where near as old as the 1850's. I would think that something that old would make much more use of wood, for example, wooden spokes in the wheels, a wooden wheel itself (perhaps with a steel "tire") etc etc etc.......Wheels with thin "wire" steel spokes, such as the ones on your cart, were not used until well into the 1900's......I would make a rough guess of the age of your unit to be no earlier than the mid 1930's, or perhaps post WWII. (If it was WWII it would have more wood.)