A steam wagon (or steam lorry, steam waggon or steamtruck) 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.

The history of steam road vehicles comprises the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails, whether for conventional road use, such as the steam car and steam waggon, or for agricultural or heavy haulage work, such …

2021年4月26日 · The S type was the last new steam truck introduced by one of steam’s few remaining stalwarts, the highly regarded Sentinel Steam Waggon Works.

2002年5月1日 · Aveling & Porter, Rochester, Kent, England, were well-known steamroller and traction engine builders, and in 1909 produced their first steam wagon. They made a total of 291, with the last steam wagon leaving the works on Jan. 14, 1925. Two models of steam wagon were produced – a three tonner and a five tonner.

A new steam wagon was under construction at the Union Iron Works by early November. The weight was 23,000 pounds fully loaded, it had two 8x10 cylinders, three wheels with bevel gear drive. This article includes an illustration:

French military engineer Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot designed his three-wheeled, steam-powered dray to haul cannons. While it could carry five tons at two miles per hour, Cugnot's unwieldy wagon was difficult to steer, and its inefficient boiler limited the …

In December 1949, someone from the Steam Car Associates sent ten photographs to the Mershon Patent Shaking Grate Works. These included two snapshots of a Sentinel Steam Wagon fitted to burn coal and eight factory images of Sentinel Steam Wagon engines and mechanisms. No correspondence accompained the photographs.

Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co. - A Brief History. Garrett 6 tonner 34841, shown above, was sold new with Garrett trailer number 17294 to C.W.Packard & Co., Haulage Contractors, Dorking, Surrey.

Steam wagons were faster on the road than standard traction engines and by the 1930's were capable of in-excess of 50mph. Changes to legislation in favour of internal combustion powered lorries made them expensive to run and the fell out of favour during the 1930's.

A young Edwin Foden first began designing and manufacturing in 1856, producing a range of agricultural and industrial machinery including stationary steam engines, later moving into agricultural and road engines, and building his first steam driven wagon in 1901.