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The Swansea and Mumbles Railway ran the world's first passenger tram service in 1807. The horse-drawn tram (horsecar) was an early form of public rail transport, which developed out of industrial haulage routes that had long been in existence, and from the omnibus routes that first ran on public streets in the 1820s [citation needed], using the newly improved iron or steel rail or 'tramway'.
Hearse: The horse-drawn version of a modern hearse. Herdic: A specific type of horse-drawn carriage, used as an omnibus. Irish jaunting car, or outside car (1890–1900) Jaunting car: a sprung cart in which passengers sat back to back with their feet outboard of the wheels. Karozzin: a traditional Maltese carriage drawn by one horse or a pair
In 1828, Ányos Jedlik, a Hungarian who invented an early electric motor, constructed a tiny model car powered by his new motor. [8] In 1834, Vermont blacksmith Thomas Davenport , the inventor of the first American DC electric motor , installed his motor in a small model car, which he operated on a short circular electrified track. [ 24 ]
1859 - Gaston Planté invented the lead–acid battery, the first-ever battery that could be recharged by passing a reverse current through it. 1860 - first urban horse railway line (a predecessor of trams), opened in Saint Petersburg. [24] 1862 – Étienne Lenoir made a gasoline engine automobile.
For the first time Karl Benz publicly drove the car on July 3, 1886, in Mannheim at a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph). [ 10 ] Benz later made more models of the Motorwagen: model number 2 had 1.1 kW (1.5 hp) engine, and model number 3 had 1.5 kW (2 hp) engine, allowing the vehicle to reach a maximum speed of approximately 16 km/h (10 mph).
manufactured conestoga wagons, horse-drawn carriages, electric cars, automobiles Clement and Henry Studebaker Jr., became blacksmiths and foundrymen in South Bend, Indiana , in February 1852. [ 6 ] : 229 [ 45 ] They first made metal parts for freight wagons and later expanded into the manufacture of complete wagons.
A horse especially bred for carriage use by appearance and stylish action is called a carriage horse; one for use on a road is a road horse. One such breed is the Cleveland Bay, uniformly bay in color, of good conformation and strong constitution. Horses were broken in using a bodiless carriage frame called a break or brake.
It contained a wooden horse head and neck attached to the front of the car, intended to make it resemble a horse and carriage so it would not frighten horses on the road. This vehicle is known to have been invented in 1899, but it is unknown whether or not it was ever built. The horse head was hollow, also serving as the fuel tank.