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Traction Engines (Paperback)
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Traction Engines (Paperback)
Series: Britain's Heritage
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List price R279
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Discovery Miles 2 510
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The first traction engines were built around the middle of the
nineteenth century. Their great pulling power and ability to
provide power for other equipment revolutionised road haulage and
agriculture. Great makers like Burrell and Garrett from East
Anglia, Taskers and Wallis & Steevens from Hampshire, Marshalls
and Foster from Lincolnshire, and Fowlers and McLaren from Leeds
filled Britain (and much of the rest of the world) with their
engines. They ranged in size from the small road locomotives like
Taskers' Little Giant, up to giant Fowler ploughing engines and the
grandest Burrell showman's engine, resplendent in gold-lined
paintwork and twisted brass canopy supports. The age of the
traction engine was relatively short, declining rapidly after the
First World War, but they have left an indelible mark, with
enthusiasts up and down the country having saved hundreds of
machines from the scrapmen to entertain us every weekend at steam
fairs and other vintage events. This book is part of the Britain's
Heritage series, which provides definitive introductions to the
riches of Britain's past, and is the perfect way to get acquainted
with traction engines in all their variety.
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