1913: The City Farm for Inebriates and Retired FDNY Fire Horses » Street Cleaning Horses NYC
Many retired fire horses were transferred to New York’s Street Cleaning Department, where they worked hauling equipment to clean streets, haul garbage, or remove snow. Some of the old horses that were sold or transferred still remembered responding to fires, and would often bolt when they heard the alarms.
New York City Department of Street Cleaning horses haul snow.
