The Two-Horsepower Burlington Bay Ferry, which worked the Basin Harbor (Vermont) to Westport (New York) line on Lake Champlain until phased out by steam engine driven successors after the 1840s (hexbear.net)

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It seems like such a basic design that I wondered why I've never seen this in media about the Roman Empire. Turns out they did use oxen for a similar purpose: https://hal.science/hal-01596414

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Looks like it has an extra 1 HP on tap. First gen VTEC?

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