In 1756 artist George Stubbs stayed at Manor Farmhouse to pursue analytical examination and meticulous drawing of horse carcasses acquired from nearby tanneries.

Waller put his prisoners to work dragging the horse carcasses from the church, dismantling the scaffoldings inside, and burying their fallen comrades near the northern wall of the building.

Now he saw a large section of a horse carcass hanging from a thick wooden peg near the top of one.

The number of horse carcasses in Dead Horse Bay dwindled as the automobile grew in popularity, and by the 1920's only one rendering plant remained.

That year alone, 15,000 horse carcasses were abandoned on the streets.

Sanitation officers were responsible for the burial of horse carcasses, among other duties.

Bergin had a top 10 hit in Ireland with the song "The Knacker", which tells the story of a person who recycles horse carcasses and turns them into glue.

Over 3,000 horse carcasses were burned in a series of piles south of town; townsfolk became violently ill from the stench.

At 32 he moved to an isolated hamlet in north Lincolnshire, where he devised his own tackle for hauling and maneuvering horse carcasses so he could draw them in detail.

After the 1789 Revolution, it became a refuse dump, and then a place for cutting up horse carcasses and a depository for sewage.