Cart

A simple wooden cart in Australia.

A cart is a vehicle with two wheels and usually pulled by one horse. Other animals such as ox, cattle or donkeys are sometimes used instead of a horse. A handcart is pulled or pushed by a person.

Carts have been used for over 4,000 years around the world. Today we use the shopping cart. Shopping carts first made their appearance in Oklahoma City in 1937.

Gallery

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  A charrette, a wooden French cart (Cévennes).

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  A horsecart in Santiago de Cuba.

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  A cart transporting watermelons in Harbin, China. One man sits by the shafts to ensure the horse pulls against a downward load.

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  Carts from different Malay regions, exhibited at the Muzium Negara.

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  A sculpture of a Hindu horsecart in Delhi, India.

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  A Haitian hand cart.