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DR0415a

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.

JH0404b

 

JH0418a

TRACTION ENGINE TAKING STONE DOWN VICTORY ROAD.

JH0416a

TRACTION ENGINE CLIMBING FORTUNESWELL. UNKNOWN DATE.

JH0417b

TRACTION ENGINE AND CRANE AT TOP OF CHURCH OPE STEPS.

DR04198a

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.

JC03172

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.

The_Iron_Maiden

 

JC03252a

SAWMILL TAVERN, EASTON LANE, PORTLAND. BELOW IS A MODERN VIEW OF THIS PLACE.

IMG_0364LoRes

 

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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.

JC03135

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

JC03232a

STONE FIRMS LORRY FLEET AT GROVE CORNER. UNKNOWN DATE.

JC03256a

DELIVERY TRUCK, HIGH STREET, FORTUNESWELL. UNKNOWN DATE

JH0438a

SPLITTING STONE.  NOTE LARGE EIGHT WHEELER LORRY IN BACKGROUND.

LC0186

WILLIAM HUNT 1939.  FERRY BRIDGE  WITH KEN BAXTER'S CAR.