New Zealand - Horse Drawn - Horse-drawn Tram Ponsonby 3 lamp - 1900s - Frith, Samuel G. Photo Ponsonby - An inner-city suburb of Auckland - Located 2 km west of the Auckland CBD - A predominantly upper-middle class residential suburb - Known in Auckland for its dining and shopping establishments (Reference: Wikipedia) Horses & Horse-drawn vehicles - Horses were essential for trade and communication, carrying people, freight and mail all over the country, until the advent of trucks, cars and trains. When mechanical engines were introduced, their power was measured in terms of horsepower – the power to lift 33,000 pounds (15 tonnes) one foot (30 centimetres) high for one minute. - Wagons or drays were wooden carts without springs, which were used by farmers and general carriers to transport a wide variety of goods. At first, heavy four-wheeled wagons pulled by bullock teams were used on untracked country. As road surfaces improved, horses took over from bullocks, cutting travel time in half. - Carriages were more lightly constructed than wagons and carts, and were used for transporting people and light loads. - A trap was a light two- or four-wheeled carriage that could take two or four people. A surrey was a four-wheeled, two-seater pleasure carriage. - The first coach services started in the 1860s. Travelling across country by coach was slow and uncomfortable. It could sometimes be dangerous, especially on mountain roads or when attempting to ford rivers. Punts were later developed to transport coaches and horses across rivers. In the 1920s coaches still operated in areas not yet reached by the railway. - In towns, horse-drawn omnibuses (buses) appeared from the 1870s. They were replaced by horse-drawn trams in the 1880s. Those who could afford it could hire horse-drawn cabs. (https://teara.govt.nz/en/horses/page-3) --------------------- Image source: Frith, S.G. (1900s) Horse drawn tram Ponsonby 3 lamps. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Call no. TR650 F919.20 https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-29875