@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 5 months ago'Atlas' Road Locomotive, the UK, 1930s?imagemessage-square6arrow-up1136arrow-down12
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•edit-25 months agoAfter doing some digging, I found that this is a Fowler 16263 ‘Talisman’ belonging to the Pickfords removal company delivering an M.G. cylinder to St. Anne’s Board Mills in Bristol in 1938. Corgi apparently even made a toy of this event.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•5 months agoApparently the M. G. stands for “machine glazed” and refers to making shiny paper. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_dryer
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoI would have assumed it was a giant electric motor, so thanks for the link. I just wish there were diagrams to show the interior and mode of operation.
After doing some digging, I found that this is a Fowler 16263 ‘Talisman’ belonging to the Pickfords removal company delivering an M.G. cylinder to St. Anne’s Board Mills in Bristol in 1938.
Corgi apparently even made a toy of this event.
Apparently the M. G. stands for “machine glazed” and refers to making shiny paper.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_dryer
I would have assumed it was a giant electric motor, so thanks for the link.
I just wish there were diagrams to show the interior and mode of operation.