As there can be quite much of snow in winter where I live (although not this year), I have always wondered how they cleared the snow from the streets before motor vehicles. Obviously, there must have been different ways in different parts of the world, but I’m curious nonetheless. Did cities have horses that were used for this? Where there rules for house owners to clear their part of the street?
There's always more that can be said, but here's an older answer to provide some reading while you wait. It doesn't exactly answer your question but this older answer from /u/sunagainstgold does touch on it near the bottom of the post.