The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse-drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century) or leather strapping for suspension, whether light, smart and fast or large and comfortable. Compare the public conveyances stagecoach, charabanc, and omnibus. A vehicle that is not sprung is a wagon. An American buckboard or Conestoga wagon or "prairie schooner" was never taken for a carriage, but a waggonette ...

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In most European and English-speaking countries, show driving is a competitive equestrian sport. Many shows host driving competitions for a particular breed of horse or type of carriage. Other competitors compete in the all-around test of driving: Combined driving also known as Horse Driving Trials is an equestrian discipline regulated by the FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale) and with Nation ...

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A cariole (also spelled carriole) was a type of carriage used in the 19th century. It was a small, open two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a single horse. The name is French, deriving ultimately from the Latin carrus. Other related archives19th century, French, Latin, carriage, horse

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Transport in India - Walking. In ancient times, people often covered long distances on foot. For instance, the Adi Sankara traveled all over India. Even today it is not uncommon for people in rural areas to commute several kilometers every day. Transport in India - Bullock Cart. Bullock carts have been traditionally used for transport, especially in rural India. They can still be seen in many of the cities. In the recent years some of the cities have banned the movement of bullock carts and other slow moving vehicles in the main arterials during daytime. ...

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A brake, also known as a break, was a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th century. It was an open-topped vehicle designed for country use with four wheels of varying shapes. A variant, the shooting brake, was designed to carry up to six sportsmen with their dogs, guns and game carried alongside in a slat-sided boot. The name originally came from the French break de chasse, a term that was anglicised to "brake". Category: Carriages

A wain is a type of horse-drawn cart used for agricultural purposes rather than transporting people, for example a haywain. Compare with carriage. Builders of wains were known as Wainwrights, just as the builders of carts were known as Cartwrights. These trades no longer exist, but the terms survive as the surnames of descendants of those practising these crafts. Other related archivesagricultural, carriage, cart, haywain, horse

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Local transportation is predominantly by road, with a small fraction (depending on the city) by trains. Most Indian cities are connected to surrounding towns by buses or trains. The vast national rail network also enables farmers to transport their farm and agriculture produce to larger towns, where they get better prices. The roads in most cities are poorly maintained and full of potholes, while in villages they are frequently non-existent. Traffic generally moves slowly and erratically, and traffic jams and accidents are very common. A Reader's Digest study of traffic congestion in Asian cities ranked sever ...

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Transport in India, Transport in India - Traditional means, Transport in India - Walking, Transport in India - Bullock Cart, Transport in India - Palanquin, Transport in India - Horse Carriages, Transport in India - Cycle Rickshaw, Transport in India - Manually Pulled Rickshaw, Transport in India - Trams, Transport in India - Local transport, Transport in India - Buses, Transport in India - Vans, Transport in India - Autorickshaws, Transport in India - Two-wheelers, Transport in India - Cars, Transport in India - Utility Vehicles, Transport in India - Metro, Transport in India - Long distance transport, Transport in India - Railways, Transport in India - Highways, Transport in India - Waterways, Transport in India - Pipelines, Transport in India - Ports and harbours, Transport in India - Total, Transport in India - Ships by type, Transport in India - Air travel

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A clarence was a type of carriage popular in the 19th century. It was a four-wheeled horse-driven vehicle with room for four passengers and a glass front. The driver sat at the front, outside the carriage. It was named after Prince William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews, later to become King William IV. Categories: Carriages | Animal powered vehicles Other related archives19th century, Animal powered vehicles, Carriages,

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A britzka or brichka is a type of horse-drawn carriage. It was a long carriage with four wheels, with a folding top over the rear seat and a rear-facing front seat, and was pulled by two horses. Its size made it suitable for use as a 19th century equivalent to a motorhome, as it could be adapted with all manner of conveniences (beds, dressing tables and so on) for the traveller. The great railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel used a britzka as his travelling office while surveying the route of the Great Western Railway, carrying with him his drawing board, outline plans, engineering instruments, fif ...

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A barouche, also known as a calash or calèshe, was a fashionable type of horse-drawn carriage in the 19th century. It was a four-wheeled vehicle with two double seats, a collapsible hood over the back seat and an outside box seat at the front for the driver. It was drawn by pairs of high-quality horses and was used principally for leisure driving in the summer. The word barouche is an anglicisation of the German word barutsche, via the Italian biroccio and ultimately from the Latin birotus ...

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For the type of bag called a carryall, see Holdall. A carryall is a type of carriage used in the United States in the 19th century. It is a light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually drawn by a single horse and designed to carry four passengers. In Canada, the term "carryall" is often also used to refer to a type of sleigh. It is about 4 m (12 ft) long and 0.5 m (1.5 ft) wide, fitted with a canvas or hide container. It is pulled by dogs or a snowmobile. It is used principally by trap ...

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Rig. In Norse mythology, see Ríg. In Hinduism, see Rig Veda. In abstract algebra, the term rig may refer to a semiring Rigging is the arrangement of sails on a sailing vessel. A type of horse drawn carriage in the U.S. An oil rig or drilling rig is a structure housing equipment used to drill for and extract oil from underground oil reservoirs. In computer animation, parts of a 3D model are rigged so that an animator can

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An anachronism (from Greek ana, back, and chronos, time) is something that is out of its natural time or appears to be. For example, if a play set during the Roman Republic portrays a person using a computer, the computer is an anachronism. There are two types of anachronisms, parachronisms and prochronism. Parachronisms are when the assigned date is too late for the appearance of the anachronisms, for instance horse drawn carriages on a freeway. Prochronisms are when the assigned date is too early for the appeara ...

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Buggy can refer to various types of carts: a dune buggy or swamp buggy; a kite buggy; a shopping cart (Southern American English); a form of baby transport also called a pushchair (British English) or stroller (American English); or a lightweight carriage, as in horse and buggy. Buggy is a common name for the Sweepstakes Races, a student run event much like a cross between soapbox derby and a relay race, practiced at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Buggy the Clown is an antagonist ...

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Transport in India - Railways. India's rail network is the longest of any country. Trains run at an average of around 50-60 km/hour, which means that it can take more than two days to get from one corner of the country to another.Rail operations throughout the country are run by the state-owned company, Indian Railways. The rail network traverses through the length and breadth of the country, covering a total length of around 63,000 km (39,000 miles). Out of this a total 16,693 km of track has be ...

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Transport in India, Transport in India - Traditional means, Transport in India - Walking, Transport in India - Bullock Cart, Transport in India - Palanquin, Transport in India - Horse Carriages, Transport in India - Cycle Rickshaw, Transport in India - Manually Pulled Rickshaw, Transport in India - Trams, Transport in India - Local transport, Transport in India - Buses, Transport in India - Vans, Transport in India - Autorickshaws, Transport in India - Two-wheelers, Transport in India - Cars, Transport in India - Utility Vehicles, Transport in India - Metro, Transport in India - Long distance transport, Transport in India - Railways, Transport in India - Highways, Transport in India - Waterways, Transport in India - Pipelines, Transport in India - Ports and harbours, Transport in India - Total, Transport in India - Ships by type, Transport in India - Air travel

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The Wuppertal Schwebebahn had one model: in 1824, Henry Palmer of England first presented the world with a railway system which differed from all previous construction forms. It was basically a small suspension railway on which suspended carriages were drawn by horses. Friedrich Harkort, a famous German industrialist and politician, loved the idea. He had a system of this type built as a trial in 1826 and ran it on the grounds of what is today the tax office at Elberfel ...

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Spokes can be made of wood or metal. Some types of wheel have removable spokes which can be replaced individually if they break or bend. These include bicycle and wheelchair wheels. High quality bicycles with conventional wheels use spokes of stainless steel, while cheaper bicycles may use galvanized (also called "rustless") or chrome plated spokes. The original type of spoked wheel with wooden, fixed spokes was used for horse drawn carriages. For use in bicycles, such wheels proved too heavy, so wheels with spokes made of tensioned, ...

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Though he was provided with a state car, his near fatal stroke early into his term of office meant that the first president of Ireland, Douglas Hyde, rarely travelled in public. When he retired in 1945 the Irish state decided that, his successor, Sean T. O'Kelly, needed a special state vehicle for formal occasions. However what type of vehicle it should be caused an immediate row between President-elect O'Kelly and the Taoiseach, Eamon de Valera. O'Kelly wanted to have a state horse-drawn carriage wh ...

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The word tricycle has been in use since the early 19th Century and stems from the Greek tri (treia), meaning three, and kyklos, meaning a circle or wheel ([1]). The first recorded usage is apparently in 1828, signifying a "three-wheeled horse-drawn carriage." Tricycles have evolved to include various forms of propulsion including pedals, steam and internal combustion engines. The abbreviation trike has been in use since 1883. The most common type of tricycle today is the child's toy pedal tricycle, but many more advanced forms exist and early tricycles were mostly for adults. Adult pedal tricycles ...

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