A pedrail tractor engaged in war office trials. Diplock stands left in group.A locomotive fitted with Diplock's pedrail wheels, 7 February 1904 The New York Times.Prototype Pedrail troop transport developed as an offshoot of the Landship Committee.
Bramah Joseph Diplock (27 April 1857 – 9 August 1918)[1] was an English inventor who invented the pedrail wheel in 1899[2][3] and the pedrail chaintrack, a type of caterpillar track, in 1907.[4]
Diplock was born in Chelsea, London to Thomas Bramah Diplock, a coroner, and Eleanor Diplock.[5][6] He died suddenly on 9 August 1918 of brain hemorrhage at 21 Heathfield Close, Chiswick, aged 62.[7]
Diplock Glacier in Antarctica is named after him due to his contribution to the development of tracked vehicles.
^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
^Motor Vehicles for Business Purposes by A. J. Wallistayler p.271
^Popular Science Sep 1933, p.96
^GB 190726148, Bramah Joseph Diplock, "Improvements in Means for Supporting Traction Engines and other Vehicles.", published 26 Nov 1908
^England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
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