W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Date: 1880
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Hi, after a long time, I am trying to identify when the first horse carriages were brought to Ceylon, and their sequence. The carts were made in Moratuwa and possibly the later carriages were also made there. It is for an article that I am putting together.
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Ashley