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A brougham [a] is a 19th century four-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse. It was named after the politician and jurist Lord Brougham , who had this type of carriage built to his specification by London coachbuilder Robinson & Cook in 1838.
Hearse: The horse-drawn version of a modern hearse. Herdic: A specific type of horse-drawn carriage, used as an omnibus. Irish jaunting car, or outside car (1890–1900) Jaunting car: a sprung cart in which passengers sat back to back with their feet outboard of the wheels. Karozzin: a traditional Maltese carriage drawn by one horse or a pair
They were drawn by 12 men instead of horses probably as a result of the small number of horses in Dahomey. [12] In the 19th century the name coach was used for U.S. railway carriages, [13] and in the 20th century to motor coaches. See John Taylor (poet) for a very adverse opinion of the arrival of horse drawn coaches in England. Example of coaches
A surrey is a doorless, four-wheeled carriage popular in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Usually two-seated and able to hold four passengers, surreys had a variety of tops that included a rigid, fringed canopy, parasol, and extension. [ 1 ]
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).
The Concord coach was an American horse-drawn coach, often used as stagecoaches, mailcoaches, and hotel coaches. The term was first used for the coaches built by coach-builder J. Stephen Abbot and wheelwright Lewis Downing of the Abbot-Downing Company in Concord, New Hampshire , but later to be sometimes used generically.
The firm dates to 1838, when James Cunningham joined the carriage firm Kerr, Cunningham, and Company. [2]Incorporated in 1882, and taken over after James' death in 1886 by his son Joseph, the company made fine carriages and sleighs, and became a leading manufacturer of these vehicles before the turn of the century.
A break or brake is an open horse-drawn carriage commonly used in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle with a high seat for the driver, pulled by two or four horses. Originally, it was used to break young horses to drive or for exercise, so it didn't have much body and was less finished than a formal carriage.