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eBook details
- Title: Road Rollers
- Author : Anthony Coulls
- Release Date : January 15, 2018
- Genre: Transportation,Books,Nonfiction,History,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 3421 KB
Description
In the nineteenth century, it became obvious that the UKÃs road system needed to be improved. Smoother roads were required to allow people to travel faster and more safely, and the engineers went to work to make this possible. In this book, author Anthony Coulls looks at one of the best known ways of doing this: the road roller.??The first road rollers were horse-drawn and these were followed in 1865 by the steam-powered road roller, which was seen on British roads for more than a century. Aveling & Porter of Rochester was the firm that dominated the steam roller market, although several other manufacturers made plenty. As technology improved, rollers began to get lighter and new forms of propulsion came in ñ petrol and diesel engines. Even though a road roller today will be one of these more modern types, the term ësteam rollerà is a firm part of the publicÃs imagination. The appeal of the steam roller means that hundreds survive to this day in the hands of enthusiasts, who take them to steam rallies up and down the country, and petrol and diesel rollers have great appeal too.??This book is part of the BritainÃs Heritage series, which provides definitive introductions to the riches of BritainÃs past, and is the perfect way to get acquainted with road rollers in all their variety.
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