Contributor: Unknown. Year: 1883. Themes: Inventions, 1800s, USA/America. Horizontal Landscape Orientation. Art Type: Fine art print, canvas, framed wall art, gicle print & canvas. Country of Origin: USA. ISBN: 0-587-22498-3. All canvases ship ready to hang on 3/4 in. wood stretchers (2 in. for Heavy Duty), with the exception of unstretched canvas. Contact us for more sizes in paper, canvas, or gicle With any vehicle, speed can be an issue, when one needs to stop. Staying motionless is also a problem. This invention allows a wagon to remain still while it is being loaded or unloaded. Commercial deliveries of the 1880"s were all done by horse drawn wagon, a brake was essential.