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Reorganized under the new name, it built a line of horse-drawn plows and other implements to serve the large American agricultural market. The implement line included wagons and carriages. The company absorbed various smaller wagon and carriage building companies.
Broad Street's construction involved clearing dense forest, and tree stumps left behind caused horse-drawn carriages to maneuver around them, helping lead to the wide roadway. [ 3 ] In the city's early years, it was isolated from the rest of Ohio and the country.
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway ran the world's first passenger tram service in 1807. The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, which developed out of industrial haulage routes that had long been in existence, and from the omnibus routes that first ran on public streets in the 1820s [citation needed], using the newly improved iron or steel rail or 'tramway'.
Gnadenhutten is known for its Fourth of July celebration, featuring horse-drawn carriages and fireworks. It also celebrates its Pioneer Days on the first weekend in August and an Apple Butter festival the second weekend of October.
Built in close proximity to Union Station, [2] the company produced wheelbarrows, horse-drawn railroad scrapers and other earth-moving equipment during the turn of the century. [3] Several years after opening, the company developed a line of hand trucks, forty percent of which were sold to the New York Central Railroad. [2]
Police officers in horse-drawn carriages traveled the flooded streets, warning residents to head to the higher ground of the adjacent Hilltop neighborhood. While recording the devastation of the flooding, Robert F. Wolfe , publisher of The Columbus Evening Dispatch , chartered an interurban train from Columbus to Buckeye Lake and took nine ...
The Carriage Association of America (CAA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the history and traditions of carriage driving, and the preservation and restoration of horse-drawn carriages and sleighs. It is headquartered at the Kentucky Horse Park along with its sister organization, the Carriage Museum of America (CMA).
Engine House No. 5 was constructed in 1894 to serve as a fire station for the South End, at a time when fire engines were horse-drawn. [6] The station was designed by John Flynn and cost $15,000. [3] It was constructed at a time when fire stations were needed every few blocks.