Cobb & Co History Homework
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- Introduction
- They had rounded, lightweight and supple bodies resting on leather straps called thorough braces.
- Freeman Cobb, aged, 23, was the founder of Cobb & Co in 1853.
- With routesfrom the Gulf of Carpentaria and Cooktown in Queensland to southern Victoria. This made it one of the most extensive networks of coaching routes in the world.
- The Coaches travelled nearly 45,000 kilometres a week.
- Speeds and Numbers
- In 1856, Freeman put Cobb & Co up for sale at a price of €16,000
- Buy my very successful company for the low price of €16,00!
- Cobb & Co Changing Station10 - 20 Miles(16 - 32 kilometres)It'll take more than an hour!
- This company has been sold a lot!
- After being sold several times more, it was purchased for £23,000 by a consortium of nine men!
- Cobb & Co Cares About Horse Health
- The Fall of Cobb & Co
- Cobb & Co leaned into big debt too as the current owner (Rutherford)had a tendency to throw money at projects without consulting hispartners or considering his debt first. So the more the companygrew, the less stable it became.
- Not all their ventures were successful, and some were downright disastrous.
- The End of Cobb & Co
- IN SEPTEMBER 1911, RUTHERFORD DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AGED 83. AFTER HIS DEATH, COBB & CO MANAGERS DABBLED IN MOTOR VEHICLES AND STOREKEEPING, ALTHOUGH NEITHER PROVED SUCCESSFUL. AND IN 1924, COBB & CO'S MAIL SERVICE COMPLETED IT'S LAST JOURNEY COMPLETED IT'S LAST COACH TRIP BETWEEN YULEBA AND SURAT IN QUEENSLAND.
- The groomers were always ready for the horses to be groomed in no time!The grooms at Cobb & Co changing stations were always up on their feet too. The driver would sound a bugle about a mile away from the station to let the groomers know and prepare for the horse's grooming session. The groomers were always ready for the horses to be groomed in no time!
- With new motor cars on the scene, although new and mechanically unwieldy, it was clear that they were the transport of the future.
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