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Traction Engine Photos
No: 675   Contributor: John Southall   Year: 1933   Country: United Kingdom
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5/9/1933. Dawlish outskirts.
The driver of this 11 ton engine escaped with cuts and bruises. It was pulling a threshing machine when it ran away down a steep hill.
There is no note of make.
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From The Bernard Chapman Collection
Picture added on 28 March 2012 at 08:12
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