Before 1860 practically all transport was horse-drawn and riding machines as we know them were unheard of. The fairground would consist largely of one-man or family concerns, each outfit comprising perhaps one or two wagons normally hauled by no more than two horses each. Occasionally, however, one could see trains of three or more large wagons hauled by a number of horses, and the larger travelling menageries, operating mainly independently of the fairgrounds, often had as many as 50 or 60 horses hauling some fourteen heavy loads (e.g. Wombwell's first show of the 1880s). This book includes selected for publication those photographs which we feel are the most interesting or which show the most unique vehicles. The majority are arranged by chassis make, in alphabetical order.
Author: Denis Neville Miller
Publisher: Roundoak Publishing
Date Published: 1990
Edition: New Ed
Hardback, 164 pages
Condition: New
Isbn13: 9781871565034