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  • 1Traction engine — A traction engine is a self propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin tractus , meaning drawn , since the prime function of any traction… …

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  • 2Horse collar — A horse collar is a part of a horse harness device used to distribute load around a horse s neck and shoulders when pulling a wagon or plow. The collar often supports a pair of curved metal or wood pieces, called hames, to which the traces of the …

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  • 3Traction hippique — Charrue avec traction hippique La traction hippique, par opposition à la traction bovine, s est développée à partir du deuxième millénaire, alors qu elle était inconnue dans l Antiquité[1], associée le plus souvent au développement de l… …

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  • 4Horse surfing — Le Horse surfing est un sport extrême combinant l équitation et le surf. Sommaire 1 Principe 2 Atouts 3 Équipement 4 Technique …

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  • 5Conestoga Traction Company — Conestoga Traction, later Conestoga Transportation Company, was a classic American regional interurban trolley that operated seven routes 1899 to 1946 radiating spoke like from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to numerous neighboring farm villages and… …

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  • 6Brush Traction — is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, United Kingdom situated alongside the Midland Main Line. History In 1865, Henry Hughes, who was a timber merchant engineer, began building horse… …

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  • 7Back (horse) — The back describes the area of horse anatomy where the saddle goes, and in popular usage extends to include the loin or lumbar region behind the thoracic vertebrae that also is crucial to a horse s weight carrying ability. These two sections of… …

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  • 8Omaha Traction Company — Industry Public transportation Fate Defunct Successor Metro Area Transit Founded 1904 Defunct 1971 Headquarters Omaha …

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  • 9Stalking horse — A stalking horse is someone or something whose role is to become the focal point for, or the initiator of, a debate or challenge. In reality, however, their leadership role may be an illusion, and the stalking horse is really working to promote a …

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  • 10Long Island Traction Company — The Long Island Traction Company was a street railway holding company in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States.In order to get around anti stock watering statutes, the owners of the Brooklyn City Rail Road, capitalized at $6 million,… …

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