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American carriage showcasing thoroughbrace suspension—note the black straps running across the side of the undercarriage. An early form of suspension on ox-drawn carts had the platform swing on iron chains attached to the wheeled frame of the carriage. This system remained the basis for most suspension systems until the turn of the 19th ...
Buckboard Stereo card showing a long buckboard. Note the boards lay directly on the axles without springs Duke's cigarettes advertising insert card, 1850–1920. A buckboard is a four-wheeled wagon of simple construction meant to be drawn by a horse or other large animal.
Coach of a noble family, c. 1870 The word carriage (abbreviated carr or cge) is from Old Northern French cariage, to carry in a vehicle. [3] The word car, then meaning a kind of two-wheeled cart for goods, also came from Old Northern French about the beginning of the 14th century [3] (probably derived from the Late Latin carro, a car [4]); it is also used for railway carriages and in the US ...
Patterson was born in April 1833 as a slave on a Virginia plantation. [1] [4] [5] He was the oldest of the thirteen children of Charles and Nancy Patterson.[6] [2] There are conflicting stories on how he left the plantation, he ended up living in Greenfield, Ohio, which was also the site of an underground railroad station.
A leaf spring is a simple form of spring commonly used for suspension in wheeled vehicles. Originally called a laminated or carriage spring, and sometimes referred to as a semi-elliptical spring, elliptical spring, or cart spring, it is one of the oldest forms of vehicle suspension. A leaf spring is one or more narrow, arc-shaped, thin plates ...
Narrow covered wagon used by west-bound Canadian settlers c. 1885 Painting showing a wagon train of covered wagons. A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling.
Conestoga wagon, National Museum of American History The Conestoga wagon, also simply known as the Conestoga, is an obsolete transport vehicle that was used exclusively in North America, primarily the United States, mainly from the early 18th to mid-19th centuries.
Anchor was one of the largest carriage building companies in the region, [7] and at its peak in 1897, manufactured 125 buggies, surreys and phaetons a day. [ 8 ] [ 1 ] In later years, Anchor shared its production line with the Lion Buggy Co.; the combined firm was one of the first carriage manufacturers to set up a production line with each ...