NR6525 is an Aveling & Porter sinlge cylinder steam road roller named "Thistledown"
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NR6525 is an Aveling & Porter sinlge cylinder steam road roller named "Thistledown"
Tags: aveling & Porter Thistledown NR6525 Quorn & Woodhouse Great Central Railway GCR Leicester Leicestershire Great Railway PLC BR Great Central Quorn and Woodhouse railway station Quorn and Woodhouse station Quorn and Woodhouse LNER London & North Easter Railway London North Eastern Railway Great Central Railway PLC Great Central Railway Easter Vintage Festival Easter Vintage Festival Steam engine Traction Engine
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Aveling and Porter steam traction engine, c.1871. In 1860 Thomas Aveling invented the traction engine, offering an alternative to horses in agricultural haulage. Eleven years later, approximately when this engine was built, Aveling was improving his design for the self-propelling power plant. This engine was one of the first to be steered by its front wheels (earlier designs were steered by a fifth wheel) and to have gear-driven rear wheels. These features as well as the Aveling patented method of supporting the crankshaft were to become standard on all traction engines. This engine was renovated by Aveling-Barford Ltd in the 1950s before being donated to the Science Museum.
collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co25381/aveling-a...
Tags: traction Engine Science Museum The Science Museum South Kensington London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea RBKC Science Museum Group SMG
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Aveling and Porter steam traction engine, c.1871. In 1860 Thomas Aveling invented the traction engine, offering an alternative to horses in agricultural haulage. Eleven years later, approximately when this engine was built, Aveling was improving his design for the self-propelling power plant. This engine was one of the first to be steered by its front wheels (earlier designs were steered by a fifth wheel) and to have gear-driven rear wheels. These features as well as the Aveling patented method of supporting the crankshaft were to become standard on all traction engines. This engine was renovated by Aveling-Barford Ltd in the 1950s before being donated to the Science Museum.
collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co25381/aveling-a...
Tags: traction Engine Science Museum The Science Museum South Kensington London Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea RBKC Science Museum Group SMG
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NR6525 is an Aveling & Porter sinlge cylinder steam road roller named "Thistledown"
Tags: aveling & Porter Thistledown NR6525 Quorn & Woodhouse Great Central Railway GCR Leicester Leicestershire Great Railway PLC BR Great Central Quorn and Woodhouse railway station Quorn and Woodhouse station Quorn and Woodhouse LNER London & North Easter Railway London North Eastern Railway Great Central Railway PLC Great Central Railway Easter Vintage Festival Easter Vintage Festival Steam engine Traction Engine
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