The wheelbarrow

The wheelbarrow was apparently invented in south-western China in the first century BC by a semi-legendary personage called Guo Yu.

Design was by architect Edward Carson Beall of Torrance, California.A large variety of designs existed, some with wheels in the dead centre, with the weight resting entirely on the axle, and others with wheels forward. Some had tiny wheels, some had huge ones. Additional small wheels were sometimes fitted in front to ease the passage over potholes and other obstacles. Practically all shapes and sizes and sizes of wheelbarrow existed-and still exit-in China.

A large variety of designs existed, some with wheels in the dead centre, with the weight resting entirely on the axle, and others with wheels forward. Some had tiny wheels, some had huge ones. Additional small wheels were sometimes fitted in front to ease the passage over potholes and other obstacles. Practically all shapes and sizes and sizes of wheelbarrow existed-and still exit-in China.