Breaking Cart, circa 1890
THF80577 / Breaking Cart, circa 1890
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Artifact Overview
Drivers used breaking carts to train and exercise horses. It took great skill to prepare a horse to accept the weight of a vehicle, get used to the noise of the moving carriage, learn to pull in harness with other horses, and respond to the driver's commands. This cart was used to train horses owned by railroad mogul Leland Stanford.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Cart
Date Made
circa 1890
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
36.520.76
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Paint (Coating)
Wood (Plant material)
Color
Black (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 56 in
Width: 65.5 in
Length: 143 in
Diameter: 51 in (Wheel Diameter)
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The horse-drawn streetcar was an important means of public transportation in 19th-century American cities. New York's Brooklyn City Railroad ran this car on its line between Hunters Point in Long Island City, and Erie Basin in South Brooklyn. But horses were expensive to stable and feed -- and messy too. Operators embraced electric streetcars starting in the late 1880s.