Photograph of an 1858 Print, "Steam-Carriage to Run on Common Roads, Designed by Mr. Rickett, of the Castle Foundry, Buckingham"
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Steam powered England's Industrial Revolution and moved people and material by rail. In the 1800s, British inventors began experimenting with steam for road transportation. Thomas Rickett built several steam-powered cars in the late 1850s. This photograph of a print depicts his invention, free of horses and rails, puffing down an English road.
Steam powered England's Industrial Revolution and moved people and material by rail. In the 1800s, British inventors began experimenting with steam for road transportation. Thomas Rickett built several steam-powered cars in the late 1850s. This photograph of a print depicts his invention, free of horses and rails, puffing down an English road.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1858
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.188.P.9521
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Below print image: STEAM-CARRIAGE TO RUN ON COMMON ROADS, DESIGNED BY MR. RICKETT, OF THE CASTLE FOUNDRY, BUCKINGHAM 1859
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