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Surrey (carriage)

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Horse-drawn carriage
This article is about surrey carriages. For surrey bikes, seeQuadracycle.
A 1909Studebaker surrey on display at theNortheast Texas Rural Heritage Center and Museum in August 2015

Asurrey is a doorless, four-wheeledcarriage popular in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Usually two-seated and able to hold four passengers, surreys had a variety of tops that included a rigid, fringed canopy, parasol, and extension.[1] The seats were traditional, spindle-backed (often upholstered), bench seats. Before the advent of automobiles, these werehorse-drawncarriages.

The name is short for "Surrey cart", named afterSurrey in England, where they were first made.[2]

In popular culture

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The American surrey was famously celebrated in the song "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" from the musicalOklahoma!.

Gallery

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  • Line-art representation of a horse-drawn surrey.
    Line-art representation of a horse-drawn surrey.
  • 1890 Canadian open-top surrey once used in Vancouver.
    1890 Canadian open-top surrey once used inVancouver.
  • 1900 Spider Surrey, New York
    1900 Spider Surrey, New York
  • 1904 Knox Surrey, an early adaptation of the concept to the motorized era.
    1904 Knox Surrey, an early adaptation of the concept to the motorized era.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Surrey",Encyclopædia Britannica. (Retrieved 2014-02-03.)
  2. ^"surrey | Etymology, origin and meaning of the name surrey by etymonline".www.etymonline.com.
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