Download or read book A Parade of Steam Traction Engines written by C. L. Deith and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steam Up Traction Engines on Parade written by David Reed and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated celebration of traction engines. Featuring showman’s engines, heavy haulage engines, steam lorries, tractors and road rollers.

Download or read book Traction Engines on Parade written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traction Engines on Parade written by Anthony Beaumont and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steam Traction on the Road written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Traction Engines Past and Present written by Anthony Beaumont and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Traction Engine written by James H. Maggard and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Discovering Traction Engines written by Harold Bonnett and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Steam Traction Engines Wagons and Rollers in Colour written by Brian Johnson and published by Blandford. This book was released on 1971 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traction Engines written by Derek A. Rayner and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book My Seventy Years with Traction Engines written by Charles E. Hooker and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traction Engines written by Philip Arthur Wright and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Traction Engine Rallies written by Malcolm Batten and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The commercial life of traction engines and steam wagons largely came to an end in the 1950s and early 1960s. It was also at this time that preservation and display in the form of rallies came into being. It is generally acknowledged that the traction engine rally scene has its origins in a race between two engine-owning farmers at Appleford, Berkshire in August 1950. The rally movement soon grew as area preservation societies were formed. Some of these early societies and rallies continued to flourish and a number of these have now celebrated fifty or more years of activity, albeit not always on the same site throughout. Other rallies flourished for a while but then ceased for varying reasons. There have also been a number of ‘one-off’ events. The initial concept of rallies has developed over the years. Instead of just ring events many now try to incorporate working areas where the different types of engines can be demonstrated doing the tasks for which they were built. This book features a number of these rallies, starting with some of the early events of the 1950s and 1960s. Then a few ‘one-off’ events are featured, followed by looking at some of the rallies that no longer take place, and finishing with examples of those that are still flourishing. It aims to show something of the individual character of each rally, and some of the highlights of events that the author has visited over the last fifty years.

Download or read book Comprehensive Calendar of Bicentennial Events East of the Mississippi written by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Traction Engines written by Philip Arthur Wright and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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