Sujet
'Experiments with Fairlie's steam carriage for short distances', August 1869. Artist: Unknown
Légende
'Experiments with Fairlie's steam carriage for short distances', August 1869. A steam carriage designed and built by the Scottish locomotive engineer Robert Fairlie (1831-1885), during tests at Hatcham Ironworks in London, on a small oval track (under 600 feet in circumference). The carriage was 43 feet in length, including a compartment for the guard, carried 66 passengers, and altogether weighed only 13.5 tons.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1869
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B63_143
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
18,0Mo (2,2Mo) / 24,6cm x 18,3cm / 2910 x 2161 (300dpi)