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K-8 Cart
The K-8 cart was a two-wheel horse-drawn cart used by the U.S. Signal Corps, designed for transporting in the field a large assortment of signalling equipment in the field. The cart's gauge is 5 ft 2 in, the wheel rims inches wide, and the wheel diameters are 5 ft. The body of the cart consists of a large chest surmounted by a driver's seat which is 44 inches wide, 27 inches high, and 5 ft 4 in long. It is mounted upon commercial wagon springs, and the interior is equipped with partitions suitably arranged for separating and holding rigidly in place the parts of equipment, type SE-6.https://archive.org/details/electricalinstr00corpgoog Electrical instruments and telephones of the US Signal Corps (1911) See also * List of Signal Corps Vehicles *K-1 cart * K-2 Lance wagon *K-3 cart *K-4 cart The K-4 cart is a 2-wheel strongly constructed signal cart similar to artillery caissons, but equipped for carrying signal equipment; used with the Wire cart, type K-3, to form the wagon formerly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horse-drawn Cart
A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanized piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were used to carry passengers and/or a load. They were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self-propelled transport. General Horses were domesticated circa 3500 BCE. Prior to that oxen were used. Historically a wide variety of arrangements of horses and vehicles have been used, from chariot racing, which involved a small vehicle and four horses abreast, to horsecars or trollies, which used two horses to pull a car that was used in cities before electric trams were developed. A two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle is a cart (see various types below, both for carrying people and for goods). Four-wheeled vehicles have many names – one for heavy loads is most commonly called a wagon. Very light carts and wagons can also be pulled by donkeys (much smaller than horses), ponies o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of U
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-1 Cart
The K-1 cart is a wire cart type K-1. It comprises a 2-wheel reel cart used for the rapid laying and recovering of telephone and telegraph lines in the field. It is completely equipped with a reel, mechanically rotated and controlled, 1 chest with wire-laying equipment, a driver's seat, and appropriate parts and fittings specially designed and used for only on this cart; designed to carry 5 miles of wire, type W-39. It was formerly known as "Wire reel cart, type N". A rare sample of the Wire reel cart, type N can be found in the Signal Corps Museum at Fort Gordon, Georgia. See also * List of Signal Corps Vehicles * K-2 Lance wagon * K-3 cart *K-4 cart * K-5 truck *K-8 cart The K-8 cart was a two-wheel horse-drawn cart used by the U.S. Signal Corps, designed for transporting in the field a large assortment of signalling equipment in the field. The cart's gauge is 5 ft 2 in, the wheel rims inches wide, and the wheel ... Notes *2Electrical instruments and telephones of the US S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-2 Lance Wagon
The K-2 Lance wagon is a light wagon approximately 14 ft long, equipped with a high box body running its entire length, the body surmounted in front by a driver's seat; tool and supply containers are attached to either side of the box; proper re-enforcements are provided and suitable brakes are attached; rear wheel diameter 4 ft 8 in; gauge 4 ft 10 in; height of box body 3 ft 9 in; width of box body 3 ft 4 in. The book "Electrical Instruments and telephones of the US Signal Corps" describes the Lance Wagon as "a wagon with a high seat and a long reach, suited for the transportation of lances 18 feet long. Four mules suffice for this load under ordinary conditions". The Military Signals Manual 1918 page 196 says that the "Lance poles should never be used if any firmer line supports are available". See also * List of Signal Corps Vehicles *K-1 cart * K-3 wire cart * K-4 signal cart *K-5 truck *K-8 cart The K-8 cart was a two-wheel horse-drawn cart used by the U.S. Signal Corps, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-3 Cart
The K-3 cart is a 2-wheel, strongly constructed wire cart, similar to artillery caissons, but equipped for carrying and reeling out wire; used together with Signal cart, type K-4, to form the wagon formerly called "Pintle wire wagon, model 1910." The image from Electrical instruments and telephones of the US Signal Corps 1911 is accompanied by the following text: "In the latest model the front element of the vehicle carries the reel and wire and is known as the reel cart. The rear element, known as the signal cart, is a chest of compartments suitable for carrying the buzzers, batteries, flags, field glasses and other equipment used by field companies of the Signal Corps. The rear signal cart may be detached from the reel cart and the former used alone in laying and recovering wire. The pintle type wagon is drawn by four horses. The signal cart chest can be moved forward and backward to adjust weight on the horses' necks". See also * List of Signal Corps Vehicles *K-1 cart * K-2 L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-4 Cart
The K-4 cart is a 2-wheel strongly constructed signal cart similar to artillery caissons, but equipped for carrying signal equipment; used with the Wire cart, type K-3, to form the wagon formerly called "Pintle wire wagon, M1910". The image from Electrical instruments and telephones of the US Signal Corps 1911 2) is accompanied by the following text: "In the latest model the front element of the vehicle carries the reel and wire and is known as the reel cart. The rear element, known as the signal cart, is a chest of compartments suitable for carrying the buzzers, batteries, flags, field glasses and other equipment used by field companies of the Signal Corps. The rear signal cart may be detached from the reel cart and the former used alone in laying and recovering wire. The pintle type wagon is drawn by four horses. The signal cart chest can be moved forward and backward to adjust weight on the horses' necks". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
