Thrilling photos of the great steam-powered machines that shaped America's highways and other paved spaces. For the first time read about all 30 recognized makes of steamrollers built in North America. Fans of Baker, Birdsall, Buffalo-Pitts, Case, Enright, Geiser, Gorton, Heilman, Huber, Kelly, Leader, Port Huron, Robert Bell, Russell, & Waterous farm engines will find them among the road rollers shown. See the development of North American rollers from Abbot Q Ross's first 3-wheel roller of 1871 through the last Buffalo-Springfield steamroller of 1935. You'll be fascinated by the depth of information.
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Dr. Robert T. Rhode is one of the world's experts on steam tractor history. He is an English professor at Northern Kentucky University and is the author of several books, including The Harvest Story: Recollections of Old-Time Threshermen and Classic American Steamrollers, which was co-authored with Raymond L. Drake. Rhode lives in Springboro, Ohio.
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Few machines have captured the imagination the way the steamroller has. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kingpin housing, farm traction engine, tandem rollers, steering yoke, road roller, portable engines, front yoke, road locomotive, traction engines, steam cylinder, front roll, belly tank, rock crushers, photo archive Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Buffalo Pitts, Port Huron, Historical Society, Clark County, Buffalo Steam Roller Company, San Jose, Kelly Company, Harrisburg Car, Van Brocklin, Anders Lindelof, King of the Road, Marion County, Frederick Berner, Special Tractor, Case Threshing Machine Company, Pitch Lake, Steam Macadam New!
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Few machines have captured the imagination the way the steamroller has. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
kingpin housing, farm traction engine, tandem rollers, steering yoke, road roller, portable engines, front yoke, road locomotive, traction engines, steam cylinder, front roll, belly tank, rock crushers, photo archive Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Buffalo Pitts, Port Huron, Historical Society, Clark County, Buffalo Steam Roller Company, San Jose, Kelly Company, Harrisburg Car, Van Brocklin, Anders Lindelof, King of the Road, Marion County, Frederick Berner, Special Tractor, Case Threshing Machine Company, Pitch Lake, Steam Macadam New!
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- Rough and Tumble Engineering by James H. Maggard on page 84
- Construction Equipment by James Emerson Russell on page 60
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