Title

1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float. Artist: Unknown

Caption

1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float. The Express Dairy Company was the first to experiment with small electrically (battery) driven milk delivery vehicles in 1932 using the Birmingham-made GV 5/7cwt delivery truck. These were an immediate success and gradually the horse drawn milk floats were taken out of service. Brush of Loughborough, well-known manufacturers of electrical equipment, started making a range of electric delivery vehicles in 1946, of which this is one of the oldest surviving.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1947

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A88_022

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (3,1Mb) / 15,5in x 12,5in / 4645 x 3758 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation drink vehicle red industry electricity color colour electric century milk van company 1940s Forties road Transport 20th century National Motor Museum Brush Pony electic milk float decade delivery van electric milk float Express Dairy Company milk float United Dairies photograph Unknown photograph