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Description: | 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. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | tractors steam road vehicles | Temporal: | c.1871 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Aveling and Porter (maker) | Identifier: | http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/grab... | Go to resource |
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