Wheelbarrow – History of Inventions – Lesson 31

A wheelbarrow is a tool used for agriculture, and construction, it is meant for moving sand bricks weeds, etc. It benefited the workers because you wouldn’t have to use a horse to pull a carriage to transport materials if it is a short distance. After all, it would take to long to hitch up a horse to a wagon for just a small range. It was also useful because it was small enough for going in tight spaces rather than a truck that could only move around in bigger areas, and the wheelbarrow helped with the health because it prevented backs from being broken. A Chinese man named Zhuge Liang (181 AD – 234 AD) was the first to invent the wheelbarrow, he had invented it for moving war supplies around quickly when he was in war with a rival clan who were fighting for the throne. It was used a couple of times for people who could not walk basically as a wheelchair.