cart
Let an agent explain carts and their kinds, relay history, construction and uses from transport and social history sources, describe specialised carts, and distinguish carts from wagons, carriages, trolleys and motor vehicles.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain carts and their kinds, relay history, construction and uses from transport and social history sources, describe specialised carts, and distinguish carts from wagons, carriages, trolleys and motor vehicles.
A vehicle with two or more wheels designed to be pulled or pushed by animals or people to carry goods or passengers, from farm and hand carts to the pulled rickshaw, and in specialised forms such as baggage carts, hot dog and popcorn vending carts, the bathing machine that carried Victorian bathers into the sea, and the rail handcar propelled by hand; carts predate roads and remain in use worldwide alongside motor vehicles.
What it is for: Carrying goods and people by animal or human power.
It can be explain kinds; relay history and construction; describe specialised carts; distinguish related vehicles.
Distinguishing features
Animal or human power
Two or more wheels
Goods and passengers
Many specialised forms
What it looks like
A wheeled platform or box with shafts or handles, pulled or pushed.
Physical character
earliest wheeled vehicles: about 3500 BCE period
pulled rickshaw origin: 1860s period - Japan
bathing machines: 18th-early 20th centuries period
How it is recognised
Wheeled vehicle pulled or pushed by animals or people
Hand carts, farm carts, pulled rickshaws, baggage carts, hot dog and popcorn carts, bathing machines, handcars
Wagons are four-wheeled and heavier; carriages carry passengers in comfort; trolleys are small pushcarts
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is pulled by - or people
is contrasted with - a heavier four-wheeled vehicle
is exemplified by - a passenger cart
In practice
Families and kinds
two-wheeled carts and hand carts
farm and ox carts
pulled rickshaws and passenger carts
vending carts such as hot dog and popcorn carts
baggage and service carts
historical bathing machines
rail handcars
Standards and regulation
Road rules for animal-drawn and hand vehicles
Food safety rules for vending carts
Animal welfare rules for draught animals
Historical rickshaw regulations and bans in some cities
Failure modes and hazards
Road safety risks for slow vehicles
Animal welfare concerns
Labour conditions of rickshaw pullers, to be presented with attribution
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.cart
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a cart is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a cart, and how does it differ from wagons, carriages, trolleys and motor vehicles? definition
- Is the question about carts in general, a specialised cart or a historical vehicle? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are hand carts, farm carts, pulled rickshaws, vending carts, baggage carts, bathing machines and handcars? definition
- Which entry fits the specific kind? action
History History.
Attribution.
Origins
Origins.
Origins
Origins.
- How did carts develop with the wheel and draught animals, as archaeologists describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Social
Social history.
Social
Social.
- What social histories surround rickshaw pullers, street vendors and bathing machines? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Use Use today.
Practice.
Work
Work and trade.
Work
Work.
- How are carts used today in farming, markets, airports and street vending? provenance
- Which entry fits street vending? action
Rules
Rules.
Rules
Rules.
- What road, food safety and animal welfare rules apply to carts? provenance
- Which entry fits animal-drawn vehicle? action
Context Culture.
Context.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- How do carts appear in art, literature and folklore? provenance
- Which entry fits carts in art? action
Rail
Handcars.
Rail
Rail.
- What are rail handcars, and how were they used and remembered? provenance
- Which entry fits handcar? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should rickshaw and bathing machine be separate primary entries?
- How should transport history sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming unrelated specialised carts; should they be split off?