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China: Street scene with a manned wheelbarrow, Late Qing Dynasty photograph (1875)

China: Street scene with a manned wheelbarrow, Late Qing Dynasty photograph (1875)

The wheelbarrow is believed to have been invented in China during the Han Dynasty in the 2nd century AD. A tomb mural found in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, shows a man pushing a wheelbarrow and is dated to 118 AD.

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