One of my Facebook friends posted a link to this first video, and it led me to another … and another … and, well, you get the idea.
These first two videos are from an exhibit at the Aurora Regional Fire Museum in Aurora, Illinois.
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This next one is silent but no less spectacular. It begins with fire equipment (on runners) racing down a snowy Montreal street in 1901, and it concludes with everyday vehicles driving down the same street.
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And, finally, I may have posted this one before. But, honestly, who ever gets tired of seeing these wonderful old fire horses??
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The Slower Road 
February 2, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Jennifer:
I love the old pics & videos that you find.
Keep them comming!
Look at those old Percherons. That what draft horses used to look like.
February 3, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Thanks, Ken. Aren’t those old draft horses fabulous?? I’ve found more old photos of some HUGE Percherons … perhaps we’ll have a “draft-horse day” here on the blog sometime.