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TRACTION ENGINE - DRIVER GEORGE WHITE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH BY HIS LOAD AFTER A PINNION BROKE NEAR VERNE GATEHOUSES IN BACKGROUND TOP OF QUEEN'S ROAD, 25th JULY 1921. F.J. BARNES, FOWLER No. 8839, FX 6600 - SPHINX.
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TRACTION ENGINE TAKING STONE DOWN VICTORY ROAD.
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TRACTION ENGINE CLIMBING FORTUNESWELL. UNKNOWN DATE.
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TRACTION ENGINE AND CRANE AT TOP OF CHURCH OPE STEPS.
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TRACTION ENGINE ENTERING VICTORIA SQUARE. FOWLER No. 15319, FX7850 "NELLIE" ENTERS VICTORIA SQUARE WITH TWO TRAILERS LOADED WITH STONE DESTINED FOR MESSRS F. J. BARNES SAW MILLS ALONGSIDE THE STATION YARD. THE RECENT PICTURE BELOW SHOWS THIS SAME SCENE.
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TRACTION ENGINE BRITANNIA, 1928. FRONT RIGHT IS GEORGE PARFITT.
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TRANSPORTING STONE DOWN FORTUNESWELL, BELOW ST. JOHNS CHURCH. FOWLER No. 15657, FX6661 "KITCHENER". THIS ENGINE WAS THE STAR OF THE FILM “IRON MAIDEN”. THE STORY OF THE TRACTION ENGINE’S STARRING ROLE IN THE FILM CAN BE SEEN BY CLICKING HERE.
THE PICTURE BELOW IS FROM 2007 AND SHOWS THIS ENGINE CONVERTED TO A SHOWMAN’S ENGINE. THERE IS ANOTHER RECENT PICTURE HERE.
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SAWMILL TAVERN, EASTON LANE, PORTLAND. BELOW IS A MODERN VIEW OF THIS PLACE.
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GARAGE IN VICTORIA SQUARE. OWNER AND DATE UNKNOWN.
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BATH AND PORTLAND No 3 STONE LORRY. POSSIBLY A FODEN STEAM WAGON
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THE FIRST QUARRY LORRY ON PORTLAND (1935). STAN (TAFFY) HAWKINS RENOVATED IT AND HIS SON INHERITED IT. LORRY NOW IN WALES.
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BUCKET CRANE LOADING LORRY (RUSTON BUCYRUS). A BATH & PORTLAND STONE FIRMS EXCAVATOR (RUSTON BUCYRUS). THE FIRST MECHANICAL EXCAVATOR WAS INTRODUCED INTO PORTLAND IN 1933 BY SOUTH WESTERN STONE COMPANY
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STONE FIRMS LORRY FLEET AT GROVE CORNER. UNKNOWN DATE.
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DELIVERY TRUCK, HIGH STREET, FORTUNESWELL. UNKNOWN DATE
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SPLITTING STONE. NOTE LARGE EIGHT WHEELER LORRY IN BACKGROUND.
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WILLIAM HUNT 1939. FERRY BRIDGE WITH KEN BAXTER'S CAR.
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