An old engraving from the 1800s of a horse sling. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. A horse sling is a harness device designed to lift and suspend a horse from the ground. Here the horse is being winched up from below and a sling was used in mines for this purpose. Horse slings could be used within ships when transporting the animals. Horse slings are often used for medical purposes to aid horses with leg injuries.


An old engraving from the 1800s of a horse sling. It is from a Victorian mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. A horse sling is a harness device designed to lift and suspend a horse from the ground. Here the horse is being winched up from below and a sling was used in mines for this purpose. Horse slings could be used within ships when transporting the animals. Horse slings are often used for medical purposes to aid horses with leg injuries.


Size: 2818px × 3780px
Location: UK
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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