Before Cars Were Invented, The Horse-Drawn Carriage Era Was Truly Disgusting
Aside from the Amish community and tourist-filled buggies in Central Park, it's obvious that modern society no longer needs horse-drawn carriages. The invention of the gas-powered automobile proved to be beyond revolutionary, and thank goodness for that because horses and buggies came with a slew of disastrous problems. You'll never complain about your car again after learning the gross reality behind horse-drawn vehicles.
During the 1800s, goods were being produced faster than ever, which meant distributing said goods would require an abundance of available transportation, AKA horses and buggies. As the demand for horse-drawn carriages increased during the 19th century, more problems arose.
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Amazingly, just one horse can pull a wheeled carriage, plus its articles, weighing up to about a ton! So by the 1890s, there were three times as many horses in American urban areas than people, which is wild to think about today. Taking care of the bulk of stallions became a struggle — perhaps even a crisis.
At the time, people apparently weren't aware that horses poop, like, a lot. As the manure piled up, people started to panic. Any vacant lot of land became a scrapheap for horse waste.
These mountains of manure often grew to be taller than four-story buildings. You can imagine just how abhorrent these heaps of manure looked, not to mention smelled. Soon enough, it became a public health concern.
