Museumstuk Manomotief rijtuig, Frankrijk, ca. 1860
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Manomotive carriage, France, ca. 1860

This 'manomotive carriage' from France is conservatively dated. Experiments with mechanical carriages like this one were carried out throughout the 19th century. The vehicle may very well be much older. This carriage is driven by two people with their hands, hence it is a manomotive. Multi-person propelled wagons were made early in the 19th century.