Another example of a carriage mounting step from Kirklee Terrace in the West End of Glasgow. Such blocks were used to help the owners of a property step up into their carriages in the days when most transport was horse-powered.

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This meant they didn't have to first step down into the street, which would have been covered with, amongst other things, horse manure.

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