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Keighley Tramways Company constructed a horse-drawn tramway from Ingrow through Keighley to Utley.Services started on 8 May 1889 and were extended into Stockbridge.The company also plied a route from Coney Lane (where the successor company would build a power station) onto Marley Street via East Parade in the town.
Ekka: a one-horse cart of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Fiacre: A form of hackney coach, a horse-drawn four-wheeled carriage for hire. Resting coachmen at a Fiaker (fiacre) in Vienna; Fly: A horse-drawn public coach or delivery wagon, especially one let out for hire. Four-in-hand coach; Gharry: A horse-drawn cab especially used in India.
According to Savage, a man (possibly Charles Clark) was sent to Savage's wagon train, which was about 4 days drive ahead of Clark's company. Savage recounts that: "The man was trying to raise a company to pursue the Indians and get back the stock and horses. We had only two horses in our company and two men volunteered to go and were soon on ...
Oxenhope is a village and civil parish near Keighley in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire . The population was 2,476 at the time of the 2001 census [ 2 ] which had increased to 2,626 at the 2011 Census. [ 1 ]
Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways. The terms plateway, tramway, dramway, were used. The advantage of wagonways was that far bigger loads could be transported with the same power.
The Conestoga wagon was a heavy American wagon of English and German type from the late 18th century and into the 19th century. It was used for freight and drawn by teams of horses or oxen depending on load. The covered canvas top was supported on eight to twelve angled bows, rather than upright. Capacity was around 4 to 5 tons with no springs.
An ox-wagon traditionally made with the sides rising toward the rear of the wagon to resemble the lower jaw-bone of an animal is also known as a kakebeenwa (jaw-bone wagon). South Africa has 800 varieties of wood of which 17 varieties were used for wagon building. South African wood varieties are regarded as the best for wagon building.
A vardo (also Romani wag(g)on, Gypsy wagon, living wagon, caravan, van and house-on-wheels) is a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle traditionally used by travelling Romanichal as their home. [ 1 ] : 89–90, 168 [ 2 ] : 138 The name v ardo is a Romani term believed to have originated from the Ossetic wærdon meaning cart or carriage. [ 3 ]