[HN Gopher] Horse-Powered Ferries in Nineteenth-Century America ... ___________________________________________________________________ Horse-Powered Ferries in Nineteenth-Century America (1999) Author : metabagel Score : 26 points Date : 2020-06-10 05:27 UTC (17 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.nasw.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.nasw.org) | Reason077 wrote: | You still occasionally see horses powering boats along canals | here in the UK. Of course, they're pulling from the towpath, not | actually onboard the boat. | | https://www.horsejournals.com/popular/history-heritage/horse... | smogcutter wrote: | I suppose you could run the horses on a treadmill connected to | a water wheel... but I'd probably stick with tow ropes. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-06-10 23:00 UTC)