Richard Garrett & Sons
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Richard Garrett & Sons was a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, steam engines and trolleybuses. Their factory was Leiston Works, in Leiston, Suffolk, England. The company was founded by Richard Garrett in 1778.
Garrett showman's engine The Rambler
Richard Garrett & Sons No.4 showman's tractor 31193, built 1913
Garrett Six Wheeled tipping wagon 35464 of 1931
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