Keywords: Horses and carriage
Item 111779
Taber wagon with horses and farm laborers, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1910 Location: Houlton Media: photographic print
Item 9407
Bird Macey and fire horses, Presque Isle, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Presque Isle Fire Department Date: circa 1920 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photoprint
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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
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The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… carriage with a homemade odometer attached to a carriage wheel to calculate distance traveled.(3) At each mile a stake was driven into the ground…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4
"… Oak Hill station was a busy shipping point for horses and livestock for the Union Army.(6) Scarboro Beach Railroad Station, 1909Scarborough…"
