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[[Image:CloseUpOfHorseRing.jpg|thumb|One of the many rings on one of Portland's many wet streets...]] | [[Image:CloseUpOfHorseRing.jpg|thumb|One of the many rings on one of Portland's many wet streets...]] | ||
[[Image:Tiger ring.jpg|thumb|Tiger Ring?]] | [[Image:Tiger ring.jpg|thumb|Tiger Ring?]] | ||
Horse rings were embedded into the curbs | Horse rings, small brass rings for harnessing horses, were embedded into the curbs of Portland in the days before horse buggies were replaced by cars.<ref name="Stiefvater">Stiefvater, Erick, ''[http://blog.oregonlive.com/rosecitypark/2008/04/memory_lanes.html Where the Sidewalk Ends: Curb Curiosities]''. OregonLive.com. 2008-04-28.</ref> Today nobody ties horses to them... unless they're tiny plastic horses.<ref name="horseproject">[http://horseproject.net/ HorseProject.net]</ref> | ||
As historical features, the City of Portland requires construction workers to reinstall the rings when they have to be removed for curb maintenance.<ref name="Construction">''[http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?c=40032&a=177121 Standard Construction Specifications]'', City of Portland, November 2007. "Salvage any metal horse rings encountered during curb removal. Reinstall horse ring assembly back at the same project stationing or as close as practical. If no new curb is constructed, deliver horse ring assemblies to the City's Maintenance Bureau at Stanton Yard located at 2835 N Kerby Ave."</ref> | |||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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: in front of the Delta Cafe on [[Woodstock]] | : in front of the Delta Cafe on [[Woodstock]] | ||
: NW Hoyt and 23rd Avenue. | : NW Hoyt and 23rd Avenue. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 10:55, 29 April 2010
Horse rings, small brass rings for harnessing horses, were embedded into the curbs of Portland in the days before horse buggies were replaced by cars.[1] Today nobody ties horses to them... unless they're tiny plastic horses.[2]
As historical features, the City of Portland requires construction workers to reinstall the rings when they have to be removed for curb maintenance.[3]
Locations
- Flanders and 9th
- Cesar E Chavez Blvd (39th) and Taylor
- 23rd and NW Glisan
- 36th Ave and SE Hawthorne
- in front of the Delta Cafe on Woodstock
- NW Hoyt and 23rd Avenue.
References
- ↑ Stiefvater, Erick, Where the Sidewalk Ends: Curb Curiosities. OregonLive.com. 2008-04-28.
- ↑ HorseProject.net
- ↑ Standard Construction Specifications, City of Portland, November 2007. "Salvage any metal horse rings encountered during curb removal. Reinstall horse ring assembly back at the same project stationing or as close as practical. If no new curb is constructed, deliver horse ring assemblies to the City's Maintenance Bureau at Stanton Yard located at 2835 N Kerby Ave."
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