Wagon
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A wagon is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draft animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people.
A modern horse-drawn pleasure wagon
One of the two wagons in the History Museum of Armenia, the world's oldest known wagons.
A ladder-wagon or hay wagon in Germany, of a type common throughout Europe (the leiterwagen). The sides are actually ladders attached to serve as containment of hay or grain, and may be removed, such as for hauling timber.
Conestoga wagon, USA 1840s
Carriage
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A carriage is a two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for passengers. Coaches are a special category within carriages; they are enclosed carriages with four corner posts and a fixed roof. From the
Wagon
…Wagons are immediately distinguished from carts (which have two wheels) and from lighter four-wheeled vehicles primarily for carrying people, such as carriages. Wagons are often pulled by animals like horses, mules, and oxen, either a single animal, a pair, or larger teams. However, there are examples of…
A royal landau outside Buckingham Palace, London
Competitive driving in France
Coach of a noble family, c. 1870
George VI and Queen Elizabeth in a landau with footmen and a postilion, riding on the near wheel horse, controlling two horses. Canada, 1939