 Free 16th Century Wheel Barrow plans - It's not entirely clear when wheel barrows came into common usage, but they appear in European art by the 13th century. The Chinese had wheel barrows much earlier, though their design put the wheel under the cargo box instead of in front of it. To avoid confusion, I'm using the term barrow to refer to a cargo carrier with no wheels (a hand barrow) or one wheel (a wheel barrow). For two or more wheels, I'll use the term cart. This seems to be generally consistent with period usage.
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