This Horse-drawn road sweeper was built in around 1912 by William Smith & Sons in Barnard Castle, Durham. This one-horse machine has two wheels with a basic axle and frame design including a column seat fixed between the wheels, a hand lever controlling the clutch and gear system, and a chain driven roller brush system. As the wheels of the machine turned with the horse’s movement, the chain drive would turn the brushes along the floor below the axle and drivers’ seat between the wheels. The horse was directly via a pair of leather reins. Horse-drawn road sweeper 1912
