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Pages in category "Animal-powered transport" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ... Mobile view ...
Horse and cart at Beamish Museum (England, 2013) Dockworkers and hand cart (Haiti, 2006). A cart or dray (Australia and New Zealand [1]) is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by draught animals such as horses, donkeys, mules and oxen, or even smaller animals such as goats or large dogs.
Animal-powered transport is the use of working animals for the movement of people and goods. Humans may ride some of the animals directly, use them as pack animals for carrying goods, or harness them, alone or in teams , to pull sleds or wheeled vehicles .
All drivers are in informal circumstances, and have precarious working conditions, long hours (11.3 hours a day), low wages (US$59.18 per week), and no social protections or benefits. 6.3% reported suffering from a disease, 49.5% corresponded to musculoskeletal conditions and only 11.6% were affiliated to any health system. 53.8% are owners of ...
Horse-drawn carriages have been in use for at least 3,500 years. Two-wheeled vehicles are balanced by the distribution of weight of the load (driver, passengers, and goods) over the axle, and then held level by the animal – this means that the shafts (or sometimes a pole for two animals) must be fixed rigidly to the vehicle's body.
Wagons have also served as the first mobile homes, as mobile workshops, and mobile kitchens. Shepherd's hut - for remote shepherds; Vardo - traditional wagon of the 19th-century British Romani people; Living van - used to house roving work crews during early steam engine days; Showman's wagon - elaborate living accommodations for showmen
Human powered Festiniog Railway: 1836–1863 [3] 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) Porthmadog, Wales Horses hauled empty trains uphill, and rode down in Dandy waggons under gravity power. Later replaced by steam locomotives. Patent (1838–1844) G. Peppercorne [4] [What railway is this?] Bratislava to Svätý Jur to Trnava Váh horse railway