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Printable version; Page information ... English: `Drawing, Study, Covered Wagons, possibly 1871 ... This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions ...
English: Horizontal view of a covered wagon shown slightly obliquely from the right front corner. The canvas cover is raised in the front part. It is supported by four arches. The body is low and oblong. The driver's seat resting on springs rises from it.
A covered wagon, also called a prairie wagon, whitetop, [1] or prairie schooner, [2] is a horse-drawn or ox-drawn wagon used for passengers or freight hauling. It has a canvas, tarpaulin, or waterproof sheet which is stretched over removable wooden bows (also called hoops or tilts) and lashed to the body of the wagon.
For covered wagons there was the Class A2 wagon with a 15 t (14.8 long tons; 16.5 short tons) maximum load and 21.3 m 2 (229 sq ft) loading area built to a standard template, and the large-volume covered wagon based on template A9, also with a 15 t (14.8 long tons; 16.5 short tons) maximum load, but a 21.3 m 2 (229 sq ft) loading area.
Covered wagons and wagon trains are a lasting symbol of America’s expansion west from the 1820s through the 1860s, along the Santa Fe, California and Oregon Trails, all of which started in ...
The Conestoga wagon is a more robust variant of covered wagon – it has the general characteristics of being a wooden wagon with both hickory bows on top to hold up a waterproof canvas and wooden wheels. Covered wagons are generally pulled by draft horses and act as both a transport vehicle and mobile home. They were specialized vehicles for ...
On a Saturday in February, a group of strangers loads into a covered wagon for a guided tour of Duette Preserve. Sponsored by the Manatee Fish & Game Association and Manatee County Government, the ...
A chariotee was a light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats. [1] A post chariot was a carriage for traveling post. The term was used specifically for a kind of light four-wheeled carriage with a driver's seat in front. [2] [3] A vehicle such as a cart or wagon for transporting goods was also sometimes called a chariot.