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weight classed as a 10 ton roller but weighs approx 12 tons
5 horse power
speed 4mph
Number of gears 2 slow and slower
Pistons bore and stroke 51/4”HP and 6 1/2” LP 10” stroke
Height to chimney 10’ 1” Length 18’ 5” Width 6’ 5”
Poppy was built in February 1904 by Aveling and Porter of Rochester Kent, who were at the time the largest manufacturer of steam rollers in the world. She was built to order for Wrexham Corporation.
In the minutes of their steam roller sub-comitee it is noted that the roller would cost £393 with an allowance of £80 for an old roller reducing the price to £313 delivered….in todays money that would equate to £33,225
The council had to secure a 10 year loan from central government to raise the purchase price.
The last time the roller was mentioned in the minutes was June 1931 where the committee decide to purchase a new roller as Poppy was deemed too expensive to repair the probable cost was estimated at £285. The repairs are probably in relation to an accident we think she had resulting in Poppy tipping on her side. so after 27 years of service she was sold to the Essex steam rolling association based in Romford.
They had around 40 rollers and Poppy was number 17 in their fleet, damage repaired she was put to work for another 21 years and finally retired in 1953 from road building.
The Essex steam rolling association donated Poppy to the local council who placed her in a children’s playground in Collier row Romford to be used as a climbing frame. She spent 20 years there before she was removed and saved for preservation by John Dillon of Ilford Poppy had many owners and many false starts to resort her. It was the summer of 2000 when Andrew Jackson of Cambridge purchased the roller in auction, by nowise was in pieces and many parts were missing from her days in the playground.
Andrew started a complete overhaul work included a new boiler barrel, front tube plate new throat and blackhead plates , new stays and tubes a complete front axle new piston rods new big and small end bearings and all but one of the non ferrous fittings needed replacing.
Andrew decided to part with the roller and she was purchased by Lee Chadderton of Ashton under Lyme in April 2014 all the major heavy work had been completed at this point some of the work left consisted of a new reach rod 2 new drive pins a new ashpanand damper assembly new gaskets all copper pipework to be fitted gland packing and numerous fittings and small jobs that seemed never ending!
After a successful hydraulic test a fire was lit to test the boiler and fittings on November 8th 2014 …. two weeks later the fire was lit again and Poppy moved under her own power for the first time in 61 years
and now enters another chapter attending shows and steam fairs often travelling by road under her own steam.
In November 2023 she was sold on again to her current owner Robert Boxhall who, by his own admission had dreamt of owning a steam roller his whole life and so another chapter begun.
There is no record of a roller ever carrying a name in its working life So when she was purchased in 2014 it just happened to be the centenary of the Great War so it was decided to call her Poppy in memory of the fallen.
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Then it was time for the roller coaster and it was really cool, the most realistic i have experienced here in Second Life. I rode it four times in a row!
Carnival in NE: www.flickr.com/photos/marie_starlight/52339379361/in/date...
Location: (open only to september 06, 2022) Chusings Island, New England
These are typical of many plastic brush rollers intended for overnight sets because they are easy to roller, and can be set securly with the included piks to keep them in place.
As with all the vintage roller types I am posting, it would be great to hear your experiences and memories if you ever use(d) these or similar rollers.
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Roller Coaster at the Oregon State Fair & Exposition Center in Salem, Oregon.
Photographed with a Rolleiflex Automat K4B with a Zeiss Jena Tessar 75mm f/3,5 lens. The film is CatLABS X FILM 80 developed in Beerenol (Rainier Beer).
The Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis), was formerly locally called the Blue Jay, a misnomer. It is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds in tropical southern Asia from Iraq to Thailand. It is not migratory, but undertakes some seasonal movements.
The Indian Roller is a stocky bird, the size of a Jackdaw at 30-34cm. It has a warm brown back, lilac breast and face, and blue crown, wings, tail and belly. Sexes are similar, but the juvenile is a drabber version of the adult. The Southeast Asian race C. b. affinis has a green back and purple underparts.
Indian Roller is striking in its strong direct flight, with the brilliant blues of the wings contrasting with the brown back.
This is a bird of warm open country with some trees. These rollers often perch prominently on trees, posts or overhead wires, like giant shrikes, whilst watching for the large insects, lizards and frogs that they eat. They will follow tractors for disturbed invertebrates, and dash into the smoke of a forest fire on a similar mission. They are fearless and will dive and roll at humans and other intruders.
The display of this bird is a lapwing-like display, with the twists and turns that give this species its English name. It nests in a lined hole in a tree or building, and lays about 3-5 eggs.
The call of Indian Roller is a harsh crow-like chack sound. Also makes a variety of other sounds including a metallic boink calls. Especially vociferous during the breeding season.
Indian roller has been given the status of state bird for Indian states of Karnataka, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh
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Roller skaters along the banks of the Seine taking part in the Friday night skate which can attract up to 35,000 people.
Mala Mala Game Reserve
Near Kruger National Park
South Africa
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The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African member of the roller family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, preferring open woodland and savanna; it is largely absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches conspicuously at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, lizards, scorpions, snails, small birds and rodents moving about at ground level. Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2–4 eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defence of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to great heights, descending in swoops and dives, while uttering harsh, discordant cries.
The sexes are alike in coloration. Juveniles do not have the long tail feathers that adults do.
This species is the national bird of Kenya.
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The Delavan Roller Rink was built in 1931 as a roller rink. It has been operated as a roller rink and banquet hall for over 80 years. The original hard maple floor is a huge attraction for roller skaters from all over the world. The rink is a nostalgic piece of history and is enjoyed by thousands every year.
(See links). Closed now. For Sale. $499,000.
Delavan Roller Rink - Google street view
548 Delavan Dr. Delavan, WI. 052713.
The blue-bellied roller [Coracias cyanogaster Cuvier, 1816], photographed here in The Gambia, is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across Africa in a narrow belt from Senegal to northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This species is resident, apart from some local seasonal movements, in mature moist savannah dominated by Isoberlinia trees. It is a large bird, nearly the size of a jackdaw at 28–30 cm. It has a dark green back, white head, neck and breast, with the rest of the plumage mainly blue. Adults have 6 cm tail streamers. Sexes are similar, but the juvenile is a drabber version of the adult.
The blue-bellied roller is striking in its strong direct flight, with the brilliant blues of the wings contrasting with the dark back and cream colored head, and the tail streamers trailing behind.
The call of blue-bellied roller is a harsh clicking ga-ga-ga sound.
The Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis), is a member of the roller family of birds. They are found widely across tropical Asia from Iraq eastward across the Indian Subcontinent to Indochina and are best known for the aerobatic displays of the male during the breeding season. They are very commonly seen perched along roadside trees and wires and are commonly seen in open grassland and scrub forest habitats.
High Roller is a 550-foot tall, 520-foot diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment, it opened to the public on March 31, 2014 as the world's tallest Ferris wheel.