A mountain Road near Haputale, Ceylon 1894

A mountain Road near Haputale, Ceylon 1894 #IMG145

A photograph of oxen and man pulling thatched wagons.

A mountain Road near Haputale, Ceylon
Date/Era: 1894
Photographer/Publisher: William Henry Jackson for the World Transportation Commission.

Courtesy, L.Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.

The bullock cart (also known as a bullock wagon) is a common means of transportation used traditionally since ancient times in many parts of the world. They are still used today where modern vehicles are too expensive or the infrastructure does not favor them. Still the least polluting, and with no burden on the natural resources.

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