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It also could have been cast with curved spokes. Could have been a couple of flat belt pulleys, too
Cast iron does not bend well at all. Almost certainly this is some kind of wheel that had curved spokes. Cast wheels often had curved spokes because straight spokes have a tendency to crack as the molten wheel cools but curved spokes prevented this phenomenon.