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Thornycroft was an English vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977.
Preserved 1934 Thornycroft Handy dropside lorry
Thornycroft Steam Wagon of 1897 with tipper body to act as a dust-cart
Thornycroft steam wagon of 1905
1902 Thornycroft steam lorry, ex County Borough of Bournemouth
Steam wagon
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A steam wagon is a steam-powered truck for carrying freight. It was the earliest form of lorry (truck) and came in two basic forms: overtype and undertype, the distinction being the position of the engine relative to the boiler. Manufacturers tended to concentrate on one form or the other.
Foden C type steam wagon of 1929 overtype steam lorry
Preserved 1930 built "Super Sentinel" undertype steam lorry
Alley & MacLellan wheel with wooden felloes around a cast steel centre, as used on their Sentinel waggons
Early Thornycroft Steam wagon, above and below