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Seattle’s only horse-drawn carriage, will it be the last? This story was published in Crosscut.com and AnimalsNorthwest.com. 

  • Steve Beckmann, Owner of Sealth Horse Carriages, and Amos, his 11 year-old Percheron draft horse, haul customers around Westlake Center in Seattle, WA on December 9, 2017. Beckmann says he was the first horse and carriage business in Seattle and now, 42 years later, he is the only one left. (© Karen Ducey) Story published on Crosscut.com and AnimalsNorthwest.com
  • “He’s all about making my dreams come true,{quote} Anita Emde says of her husband Mick Emde, both from Redmond, WA.  {quote}I’ve always wanted to be in a horse-drawn carriage.” The two enjoy a horse and carriage ride around the Westlake Center area in Seattle, WA on December 9, 2017. “It was romantic. It was warm. He provided a nice blanket,” she says. (© Karen Ducey)
  • Steve Beckmann, owner and driver of Sealth Horse Carriages, rubs his draft horse, Amos', ears to calm him down during a break between taking passengers for rides in downtown Seattle, WA on December 17, 2017. (© Karen Ducey)
  • Steve Beckmann, owner of Sealth Horse Carriages, navigates his draft horse, Amos, through city traffic on 5th Avenue in Seattle, WA on December 17, 2017. Beckmann says he was the first horse and carriage business in Seattle and now, 42 years later, he is the only one left. (© Karen Ducey)
  • Amos, a 10 year old draft horse, hauls customers in a carriage around for a 15 minute ride around Westlake Center in Seattle, WA on December 9, 2017. Owner Steve Beckman of Sealth Horse Carriages has been in business since 1979 and says he was the first horse and buggy driver here and now is the only one left. (© Karen Ducey)
  • Amos, an 11 year-old Percheron draft horse wearing blinders to block his vision, gets nervous around buses but doesn't mind other city noises according to his owner Steve Beckmann of Sealth Horse Carriages in Seattle, WA on December 9, 2017. Beckmann says he was the first horse and carriage business in Seattle and now, 42 years later, he is the only one left. (© Karen Ducey)
  • Amos, an 11 year-old Percheron draft horse sports horse shoes and pads made of rubber and steel while working the city streets for Steve Beckmann of Sealth Horse Carriages in Seattle, WA on December 17, 2017. (© Karen Ducey)
  • Tanya Therrien of White Rock, British Columbia, Canada give Amos, an 11 year-old Percheron draft horse from Sealth Horse Carriages, a kiss outside Westlake Center in Seattle, WA on December 17, 2017. {quote}I'm so in love with him,{quote} Therrien says.{quote} I want to take him home.{quote}  (© Karen Ducey)
  • Steve Beckmann of Sealth Horse Carriages drives his horse and carriage down 5th Ave. in Seattle, WA on December 9, 2017. Beckmann says he was the first horse and carriage business in Seattle and now, 42 years later, he is the only one left. (© Karen Ducey)
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