John Fowler & Co. was a British engineering company that specialized in traction engines, steam ploughs, and other agricultural machinery. Founded by John Fowler, an agricultural engineer, the company was based in Leeds, England. Fowler was a pioneer in steam-powered ploughing systems, which significantly improved farming efficiency

The company produced a variety of traction engines, including ploughing engines, steam rollers, and road locomotives. Some of their notable designs included cable-towed ploughing systems and powerful steam-driven machinery used for heavy-duty agricultural work. Production of ploughing engines ceased in 1935, and the last steam-driven vehicle made by Fowler was a steam roller in 1937.

The Fowler Ploughing Engine 15365, named "Sandringham", is a historic steam-powered ploughing engine built in 1919. It belongs to the AA7 class and features compound cylinders with a nominal horsepower (NHP) of 18. The engine is registered under NO 1235

References

• Wikipedia: John Fowler & Co.
• Wikipedia: John Fowler (agricultural engineer)
• Grace's Guide To British Industrial History: John Fowler and Co

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The Sentinel Steam Lorry was a steam-powered commercial vehicle produced by Sentinel Waggon Works, a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Sentinel was known for manufacturing steam wagons, railway locomotives, and later diesel lorries. The company originally started as Alley & MacLellan in Glasgow before moving production to Shrewsbury in 1915.

One of Sentinel’s most famous models was the Super Sentinel, introduced in 1923, which was built using a flow-line production method inspired by Henry Ford’s Model T factory. These steam lorries were widely used for heavy-duty transport, including hauling goods for companies like Tate & Lyle. The steam-powered vehicles remained in use for several decades before being replaced by internal combustion engine lorries.

References

• MacFilos: Sentinel Steam Waggon
• Wikipedia: Sentinel Waggon Works

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The Foden WX 2682 is a 1929 Foden steam wagon, also known as Foden Wagon 13624 "Margaret". This steam-powered vehicle was built by Foden Trucks, a British company renowned for manufacturing steam wagons before transitioning to diesel-powered trucks in the 1930s.

Originally, this wagon was a HH 5/6 tonner, and it was one of only two of this type to be preserved. Over the years, it changed ownership multiple times, including being sold to West Riding County Council as a three-way tipper in 1930. Later, it was rescued from a scrapyard in Harrogate and underwent restoration. The wagon was eventually renamed "Margaret" and has been showcased at steam rallies and historical vehicle exhibitions.

References

• Steam Scenes: Foden Wagon 13624, "Margaret"

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The AN9568 Foden Truck is a 1928 Foden Type C Steam Truck, also known as "London Pride". This steam-powered vehicle was manufactured by Foden Trucks, a British company founded in 1887 by Edwin Foden. Foden was well known for producing steam wagons before transitioning to diesel-powered trucks in the 1930s

This particular Foden Type C Steam Truck was used for heavy-duty transport and was powered by a 4 NHP (Nominal Horsepower) steam engine. It was originally operated by Fuller Smith & Turner, a British brewery and pub company. The truck has been preserved and is often showcased at steam rallies and historical vehicle exhibitions.

References

• YouTube: AN9568 - 1928 Foden Type C Steam Truck 13138 " London Pride" (4 NHP) Fuller Smith & Turner
• Wikipedia: Foden Trucks

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Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller (road roller) manufacturer. Thomas Aveling and Richard Thomas Porter entered into partnership in 1862, and developed a steam engine three years later in 1865. By the early 1900s, the company had become the largest manufacturer of steamrollers (road rollers) in the world. The company used a rampant horse as its logo derived from the White Horse of Kent.

Aveling & Porter built more steam rollers than all the other British manufacturers combined. They also built traction engines and steam wagons.[36] Just under 600 of the company’s various steam engines survived to enter preservation.

Another example of Aveling and Porters engineering skills can be seen in the massive covered slips at Chatham Dockyard. These Leviathans pre-date the great London train sheds of St. Pancras, King's Cross and Paddington—traditionally understood to be the oldest and largest metal framed structures of the time.

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• en.wikipedia.org

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Taskers of Andover were an Andover, Hampshire based metal works and engineering company, which became better known in the latter half of the 20th century for their lorry trailers. After 170 years in operation, the company became first part of the John Brown company, and then sold to Montracon, where it was quietly closed.

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• en.wikipedia.org

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The company was founded in 1856 by Arthur Wallis and Charles Haslam in newly built premises which they named The North Hants Ironworks. The works were sited on Station Hill in Basingstoke and the company began trading as Wallis & Haslam. Shortly afterwards the company was highly commended for its hand-worked bench drilling machine at the 1857 Royal Agricultural show in Salisbury. Even at this early stage, the company was producing a wide variety of agricultural equipment, and alongside the bench drill were corn drills, turnip drills, four types of horse hoe, drag harrows, a 3 hp threshing machine, a barley hummeller and sundry other devices. In 1862 a third partner, Charles James Steevens, joined the company and when Charles Haslam retired in 1869 the company became Wallis & Steevens.

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• en.wikipedia.org

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