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Railroads meant more horses.
Author: pdxrailtransit
Date: 03-03-2015 - 18:17

http://www.uctc.net/access/30/Access%2030%20-%2002%20-%20Horse%20Power.pdf

A very intetesting article about urban draft horses and urban areas in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. It is mentioned that for a while railroads meant more horses and not less, due to the greater need for distribution of rail hauled goods. I ran across one date of 1915 as the peak of horse population in the US. This is a date very close to the date of peak rail passenger miles, which was around 1912.

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  Railroads meant more horses. pdxrailtransit 03-03-2015 - 18:17
  Re: Railroads meant more horses. S. Thomas 03-03-2015 - 20:48
  Re: Railroads meant more horses. pdxrailtransit 03-03-2015 - 21:30
  Re: Railroads meant more horses. BOB2 03-04-2015 - 11:45
  Re: Railroads meant more horses. C Cutler 03-05-2015 - 10:53


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