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Originally, the word dashboard applied to a barrier of wood or leather fixed at the front of a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh to protect the driver from mud or other debris "dashed up" (thrown up) by the horses' hooves. [1] The first known use of the term (hyphenated as dash-board, and applied to sleighs) dates from 1847. [2]
A restored hansom cab once owned by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt is on display at the Remington Carriage Museum [8] in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. There is another surviving example, owned and operated by the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London; in common with other horse-drawn vehicles it is not permitted to enter any of the Royal Parks. [9]
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).
Troika: a sleigh drawn by three horses harnessed abreast. Occasionally, a similar wheeled vehicle. Vardo (gypsy wagon): a vardo is a traditional horse-drawn wagon used by English Romani Gypsies. Victoria: a one-horse carriage with a front-facing bench seat. The body was slung low, in front of the back axle.
The sleigh can fit four people and the trolley can fit 16 to 18 people. Sleigh rides are $7 per person ages 3 and older and free for ages 2 and younger. Trolley rides are $6 per person ages 3 and ...
Horse-drawn wagon, c. 1455 A two-tiered carriage drawn by four elephants. The medieval carriage was typically a four-wheeled wagon type, with a rounded top ("tilt") similar in appearance to the Conestoga Wagon familiar from the United States. Sharing the traditional form of wheels and undercarriage known since the Bronze Age, it very likely ...
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.
By the 1930s, school buses took on the shape of actual vehicles, as opposed to horse-drawn or truck-mounted carriages. We have Henry Ford and his 1927 Blue Bird School Bus —the "oldest surviving ...