ʻO ka Wagon kekahi ʻano kaʻa i loaʻa i ka wā kahiko. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia kona mōʻaukala ma kahi o 4000 BC i ka wā i haku ʻia ai nā kaʻa huila mua ma Mesopotamia (Iraika i kēia manawa). Ua hoʻohana mua ʻia kēia mau kaʻa no nā hana mahiʻai a huki ʻia e nā holoholona e like me nā bipi, nā lio, a me nā miula.
I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua ulu ka kaʻa a lilo i mea kaulana no ka lawe ʻana i nā kānaka a me nā waiwai. I ka Middle Ages, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā kaʻa no ke kālepa a me ke kālepa, e ʻae ana i nā mea kālepa e lawe i kā lākou waiwai ma nā wahi lōʻihi. Ma ʻEulopa, ua hoʻohana ʻia ke kaʻa i mea e lawe ai i nā malihini e hele ana i nā wahi hoʻāno e like me Ierusalema.
Me ka hiki ʻana mai o ka ʻenehana ʻenehana i ke kenekulia 19, ua laha nui nā kaʻa a hoʻohana ʻia no ka lawe ʻana i nā ukana kaumaha ma nā hale hana a me nā mines. ʻO ka hiki ʻana mai o ke kaʻa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, ua wehewehe ʻia ka hopena o ke kaʻa kaʻa ma ke ʻano he kumu mua o ka lawe ʻana, akā e mau ana ia he kaʻa kaulana a pono no nā kumu he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi he kaʻa ʻohana, no ke kaʻa ʻana ma waho o ke alanui, a lawe ukana.
NA LAKO | MAKAHIKI | ANO LAKO | NA KOHO LAKO | KINI EKINE | NA KOHO ENGINE |