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  2. Sleigh rides return to Spiegel Grove - AOL

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    In-person trolley and sleigh ticket sales end at 3:45 p.m. each day. Rides a go with or without snow. Rides will take place whether or not there is snow. However, if the wind chill is below 15 ...

  3. Royal tours of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Duke returned to Banff on two occasions, in August 1914, and May 1916. [93] In addition to Canada, he also visited Newfoundland, a separate dominion of the British Empire in 1914. [93] In January 1913, the Duchess was hospitalized as a result of her declining health, with the viceregal family returning to London, UK, in March 1913.

  4. Stagecoach - Wikipedia

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    It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are drawn by six horses. Commonly used before steam-powered rail transport was available, a stagecoach made long scheduled trips using stage stations or posts where the stagecoach's horses would be replaced by fresh horses. The business of running stagecoaches or ...

  5. Four-in-hand (carriage) - Wikipedia

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    A four-in-hand in the Bois-de-Boulogne, Paris, 1905. A four-in-hand is a team of four horses pulling a carriage, coach or other horse-drawn vehicle. [1] Today, four-in-hand driving is the top division of combined driving in equestrian sports; other divisions are for a single horse or a pair.

  6. Horsecar - Wikipedia

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    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'.

  7. Horse-drawn vehicle - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. List of horse-drawn railways - Wikipedia

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    Horse Tramways in Fiji: 1884–1949 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) 610 mm (2 ft) Fiji: Some assisted by manpower. Cane tramways. Spiekeroog tramways: 1885-1949 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) East Frisian Islands, Germany The last horse-drawn railway in Germany. Horses were replaced by diesel locomotives on 31 May 1949 McKenzie Creek Tramway: 1887–1925

  9. Driving (horse) - Wikipedia

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    A horse in harness with a modern sport carriage Driving two horses to a sleigh. Driving means guiding a horse in harness to pull a load such as a horse-drawn vehicle, a farm implement, or other load. Horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, and other animals can be driven. Typical horse-drawn vehicles are wagons, carriages, carts, and sleighs.