Foden C type steam wagon of 1929 overtype steam lorryPreserved 1930 built "Super Sentinel" undertype steam lorry
A steam wagon (or steam lorry, steam waggon or steamtruck) is a steam-powered truck for carrying freight. It was the earliest form of lorry (truck) and came in two basic forms: overtype and undertype, the distinction being the position of the engine relative to the boiler. Manufacturers tended to concentrate on one form or the other.
Steam wagons were a widespread form of powered road traction for commercial haulage in the early part of the twentieth century, although they were a largely British phenomenon, with few manufacturers outside Great Britain. Competition from internal-combustion-powered vehicles and adverse legislation meant that few remained in commercial use beyond the Second World War.
Although the majority of steam wagons have been scrapped, a significant number have been preserved in working order and may be seen in operation at steam fairs, particularly in the UK.
A steamwagon (or steam lorry, steam waggon or steamtruck) is a steam-powered truck for carrying freight. It was the earliest form of lorry (truck) and...
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large-scale utilization of a Uniflow engine was in Atkinson steamwagons, in 1918. Only one such steamwagon is known to be still in existence; it was built in...
have a common ancestor: the steam-powered fardier Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built in 1769.[citation needed] However, steamwagons were not common until the...
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first vehicle was a 1.5-ton-capacity steam powered van. This was followed by a number of undertype steamwagons using a vertical fire-tube boiler. By...
advanced steamwagon design. Small driving wheels In a conventional steam locomotive, the 'gear ratio' is set by the size of the driving wheels. In steam motors...
miniature prototype. A prominent full sized example was Col. John Steven's "steamwagon" which was demonstrated on a loop of track in Hoboken, New Jersey in...
fitted to the numerous steamwagons built by the Sentinel Waggon Works. The boiler was carefully designed for use in a steamwagon: it was compact, easy...
of the uniflow engine. It was used in ships, steam locomotives and steamwagons but was displaced by steam turbines and later marine diesel engines. "AN...
for wagons, accelerated in the UK by tax changes making steamwagons uneconomic overnight. Although a few designers continued to advocate steam power...
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Vehicle Museum. A little over 110 Foden steam vehicles have been preserved of which the majority are wagons or tractors. A single Foden built Showman's...
Chiswick District Council from the Thornycroft SteamWagon and Carriage Company in 1897 described as a steam motor tip-car, a new design of body specific...
cylinder to give extra power for hill-climbing. A modified version of the steamwagon with a 6-cubic-yard tipper body was developed for Chiswick council in...
Engineering Co Ltd. Unlike most steamwagons, the Sheppee wagon used a boiler developed along the lines of the Serpollet steam car. This type of boiler is...
rolls, one front, one rear. Those made by Robey & Co used their standard steamwagon engine and pistol boiler fitted in a girder frame with rolls and a chain...
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