How Much Horse Manure Was Deposited on the Streets Before the Advent of the Automobile?

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How Much Horse Manure Was Deposited on the Streets Before the Advent of the Automobile?
According to the 89th annual report of the NYC Board of Health, over 500 tons of horse manure were collected from the streets of New York everyday in the early 1890s produced by 62,000 horses in 1,300 stables. It was taken along with human waste to a place called "Barren Island," where it was reduced to fertilizer in a process called not "inoffensive" to the residents of the Long Island Sound.

[@lylecrawford2794]

Using bicycles would have alleviated that problem.

[@phaedruslykos3249]

A person is smart. People are dumb. ;^)

[@snakeyman5560]

They weren't as good as we have now, let alone 40 years ago.

[@Mr.Pro55k]

True

[@louisdefilippi8982]

Thanks for the post, but kill the music and sound effects!

[@renemarquardt4714]

Pressed dislike for the ear piercing shrieking sound at the beginning of the video.

[@Mabeylater293]

Why didn’t they just put diapers on the horse or stack a catch can or something instead of just letting that 💩 fall all over the place??????

[@dacat867]

Put a diaper on a horse and it won’t shit

[@raisedbyhousewives]

This explanation is way too truncated

[@sietzevandeburgt681]

Is our current range of problems something alike will we find the solutions to current problems? We do have to put in enormous efforts and terraform the earth back to its normal state !!
Define normal ?
So we all have a life !’n