Ever wonder what the subway was like in 18th-19th century Boston? Well then folks, let's jump into our time-traveling phone booth and head back to a time when Tinder was something used to cook stew and Bluetooth was something you called a blueberry-eater.
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| Photo Credit: Cambridge Historical Society
Before planes, trains and automobiles, Bostonians got around on foot or by horse. According to the MBTA's website:
"In Boston itself, public transportation had its start with two different types of horse drawn vehicles. During 1793, the first stagecoach operation was started between Boston and Cambridge over the West Boston Bridge. During the next fifty years, stagecoaches operated from Boston directly to other cities in New England. However, in the 1820's a new form of local transportation entered the daily scene. This was the so-called omnibus - (OMNI - a bus for all, everywhere). Longer than a conventional stagecoach, it had lengthwise seats along either side rather than cross seats, and a door at either end. Stagecoaches went directly from one city or town; omnibuses made several stops along an assigned route."
Today, the omnibus may not be transporting passengers in Boston, but motorized versions exist in England and the sovereign nation of Disney World.
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