mounting blocks Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/mounting-blocks/ Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:32:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://forgottengalicia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bird-150x150.png mounting blocks Archives - Forgotten Galicia https://forgottengalicia.com/tag/mounting-blocks/ 32 32 Mounting Blocks in Charleston https://forgottengalicia.com/mounting-blocks-charleston/ https://forgottengalicia.com/mounting-blocks-charleston/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:46:50 +0000 http://forgottengalicia.com/?p=980 In the 18th and 19th centuries, mounting blocks were common in cities, towns, and villages. Usually made of stone, they were installed in key locations, usually near inns, churches, country houses, to aid mounting or dismounting a horse, carriage, stagecoach, etc. The more elabarote mounting blocks are called carriage steps […]

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