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Description: | By the 1920s delivery vans had replaced horses and carts for local deliveries from the Reading Factory although most long distance transportation continued to be by freight train. In June 1920 Huntley & Palmers built their own delivery van. Construction was supervised by Harry Ford who had been a coach builder before coming to the company. The frame of the van was made of ash and the panels from mahogany. Fourteen coats of filler, primer, paint and stain were applied and the finished colour was Lake Tone Indian Red. The roof was made of canvas and was coated with enamel to make it rigid. This first van was inspected by Alfred Palmer, the Chief Engineer and the Clerk of Works and compared with two others made by outside firms. They decide that the 'home-made' van was the best and a fleet of vans was made on the premises. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Reading Borough Council (Reading Museum Service) | Subjects: | building social history trade transport object lorry | Temporal: | start=1920-01-01; end=1930-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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