A Parade of Steam Traction Engines
Author : C. L. Deith
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Traction-engines
ISBN : 9780905100326
Author : C. L. Deith
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Traction-engines
ISBN : 9780905100326
Author : David Reed
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2024-03-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1398118044
A lavishly illustrated celebration of traction engines. Featuring showman’s engines, heavy haulage engines, steam lorries, tractors and road rollers.
Author : Jack Norbeck
Publisher : Crestline
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 25,20 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : William Fletcher (mechanical engineer.)
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,14 MB
Release : 1904
Category : Automobiles
ISBN :
Author : Derek A. Rayner
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 18,53 MB
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780747805250
Traction engines steam engines to haul loads on the roads developed in the mid 1860s and were usually dirty, noisy and somewhat crude to handle. This book brings together much information about these engines, from the earliest to the latest, about how they worked and what they did. Attention is also given to the various derivatives of the traction engine the humble portable, the well-known steam roller, the steam tractor, majestic road locomotive, ploughing engine and, last but not least, the King of the Road, the glorious and glittering showman's engine. The informative text is accompanied by illustrations that show something of the age in which traction engines worked and of the age when they became treasured historic relics. Engines appear at rallies and other events all over Great Britain and in many other countries. On these occasions they are visited and admired by thousands of people and are now part of our engineering heritage.
Author : Anthony Beaumont
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 1963
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Brian Johnson
Publisher : Diamond Farm Book Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
Author : Harold Bonnett
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Traction-engines
ISBN :
Author : Anthony Coulls
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,42 MB
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1445668874
Traction engines are a familiar and stirring sight at steam rallies up and down the country, but what were they for, why do they look as they look, and where were they built? These book answers all these questions and more.
Author : Anthony Burton
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 45,63 MB
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1526701537
This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the development of road transport. It all began with tentative attempts to build steam carriages by pioneers such as Cugnot in France and Trevithick in Britain, and in the early part of the nineteenth century there were significant attempts to develop steam carriages and omnibuses. That these attempts ultimately failed was largely due to opposition by road authorities and draconian legislation. Steam power did, however, find a real purpose in agriculture, where the traction engine was used for a variety of tasks from towing and working threshing machines, to ploughing. Once the value of the traction engine had been established, it soon found a use in many parts of the world for heavy haulage work and appeared in an exotic guise as the showman's engine. The latter was not only used to haul rides to fairgrounds but also powered a dynamo that could light up the fair at night. By the end of the nineteenth century, steam on the road took on a new life with the development of steam cars and trucks. For a time they vied the new internal combustion engine for supremacy on the road. The American Doble Company even developed a 100mph steam sports car. Ultimately steam lost the war, but steam vehicles survive and delight us still thanks to enthusiastic owners and restorers.