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Dating from 1924 ..This Magnificent old Steam Roller was see at The Driffield Steam and Vintage Rally earlier this Year ..
Robey Tandem Steam Road Roller 45655 - VL 2773 built 1930 seen in the car park at the Red Lion Inn, Tedburn St. Mary, Devon beside the A30 which had been recently by-passed in May 1978. The crew had stopped for some liquid refreshment. At this time the engine was owned locally.
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A rare 1925 Aveling & Porter tandem steam roller (road Roller) at the Welland Steam and Country Rally on 28th July 2024. Works No. 11363 has an equally rare vehicle registration plate, 1 IF.
Aveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steamroller manufacturer. Thomas Aveling and Richard Thomas Porter entered into partnership in 1862, and developed a steam engine three years later in 1865. By the early 1900s, the company had become the largest manufacturer of steamrollers in the world
Iroquois Shay Drive 8-ton Tandem Roller No.8170, registered BF5418.
Built circa 1920 by the Barber Ashphalt Company at their Iroquois Works in Buffalo, New York, USA. After use it spent 50 years in a Maine scrapyard before arriving in the UK - it returned to use after an eight year rebuild in 2015.
Seen here getting up steam at the 2023 Stoke Row rally
Taken with a Nikon D7000
From my Dad's archives. Some form of agricultural/steam fair at Wymondley, Hertfordshire in the early 1970s.
1924 Robey tandem roller No. 41602 "The Mistress" (FE 6319) on the road during the 2020 Kinnerley charity road run.
Aveling & Porter Roller @ Innishannon Steam Rally 2017.
Aveling & Porter Tandem Roller.
No. - 11363.
Reg. - 1 IF
Built - 1925.
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Running up the old railway line towards Spynie Palace and found this Hamm tandem roller sitting at the side of the track. Look to be laying some sort of pipeline under the line.
Steaming up the colliery bank at Beamish Museum is Robey tandem road roller No.41593 of 1924, UK registered FE 6255.
Robey & Co. Ltd. was established in 1849 and based in Lincoln (UK). The company finally ceased trading as recently as 1988, although production of steam road vehicles had ceased many years before that.
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Robey tandem roller No. 41602 "The Mistress" (FE 6319) on the road heading for the 2017 Shrewsbury steam rally at Onslow Park.
1928 Aveling & Porter Tandem Roller No 12023 "Murphy" seen at the 2024 Welland steam rally
Taken with a Nikon D7000
1920 Aveling Porter General Purpose traction engine 9096 - AF6001 "Jubilee"
1930 Fowler Steam Road Roller "Britannia" of 1930 and Robey Tandem Roller VL2773 seen in the car park at the Dart Valley Railway (now South Devon Railway), Buckfastleigh Station. Also an interesting Commer Camper van - not vintage in 1981 but certainly a vintage vehicle in 2020!
Camera: Praktica Nova 1 + Carl Zeiss f2.8 Tessar lens
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Robey tandem roller No. 41602 "The Mistress" (FE 6319) steams along the road during the 2020 charity road run around the Kinnerley area.
Rumbling alongside the tramway tracks at Beamish Museum on a very wet day is Robey tandem road roller No.41593 of 1924, UK registered FE 6255.
Robey & Co. Ltd. was established in 1849 and based in Lincoln (UK). The company finally ceased trading as recently as 1988, although production of steam road vehicles had ceased many years before that.
Copyright © 2025 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved.
THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!
Iroquois Shay Drive 8-ton Tandem Roller No.8170, registered BF5418.
Built circa 1920 by the Barber Ashphalt Company at their Iroquois Works in Buffalo, New York, USA. After use it spent 50 years in a Maine scrapyard before arriving in the UK - it returned to use after an eight year rebuild in 2015.
Seen here getting up steam at the 2023 Stoke Row rally
Taken with a Nikon D7000
Poids en ordre de marche : 2 599 kg
Largeur de compactage : 1 312 mm
Travaux de terrassement de la tranche 3 de ZAC Europôle 2 de la Communauté d'Agglomération Sarreguemines visant à créer 3 plateformes pour un total de 234  915 m².
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Moselle (57)
Ville : Hambach (57910)
Adresse : ZAC Europôle 2
Construction : Avril 2025 → Novembre 2025
1924 Robey tandem roller No. 41602 "The Mistress" (FE 6319) on the road during the 2020 Kinnerley charity road run.
Robey Tandem Steam Road Roller 45655 - VL 2773 built 1930 seen in the car park at the Red Lion Inn, Tedburn St. Mary, Devon beside the A30 which had been recently by-passed in May 1978. The crew had stopped for some liquid refreshment - whilst customers in the Inn came out to take a look. At this time the engine was owned locally.
Camera: Praktica Nova 1 + Carl Zeiss 50mm f2.8 Tessar lens
For more traction engine photographs please click here: www.jhluxton.com/The-35mm-Film-Archive/Transport-Rallies-...
1924 Robey tandem roller No. 41602 "The Mistress" (FE 6319) on the road near Melverley during the 2020 Kinnerley charity road run.
Robey + Co. Tandem Roller (1924) Production 79
Engine Number 41602
Name The Mistress
Registration Number FE 6319
Cylinders: Compound
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Steam rollers were commonly of the traditional 3-roller design. The Tandem roller, as the name suggests, has only two rolls. Furthermore, traditional rollers were gear-driven, like traction engines: the Tandem is chain-driven via a Renold 2" pitch roller chain. There are other notable features, distancing this design from what had gone before, eg. instead of a bobbin-and-chain steering system, a worm-and-quadrant was used. Finally, unlike other rollers, traction engines, etc., where the boiler is the 'chassis', the Tandem rollers boiler sits in a separate rolled-channel girder chassis, thus relieving the boiler of many working strains. All controls are placed so that one man can drive and steer. The main design feature is the loco-type boiler with round firebox and no stays with a working pressure of 200 lbs. sq. in. (in the wagons it was 250 lbs sq in) tested to 425 lbs sq in. Fitted with double Ramsbottom safety valves, Klinger reflex water gauge, compound engine, crankshaft of forged nickel chrome vanadium steel heat treated to 70 tons per sq in with balance weights forged solid with crank. Ball and roller bearings.
This engine was supplied new to the Limmer Asphalt Company and on to Winksworth Quarries. Bought by present owner in 2011
Of the 72 Tandem engines produced by Robey 10 are known still to exist
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Shot 29.08.2016 at Shrewesbury Steam Rally, Onslow Park, Shrewesbury REF 119-316
Robey tandem roller No. 41602 "The Mistress" (FE 6319) on the road heading for the 2017 Shrewsbury steam rally at Onslow Park.
Poids en ordre de marche : 20 450 kg
Travaux de voirie à Pont-à -Mousson
Pays : France 🇫🇷
Région : Grand Est (Lorraine)
Département : Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
Ville : Pont-Ã -Mousson (54700)
1925 Aveling & Porter tandem roller No. 11363 (1 IF) at the 2022 Gloucestershire steam & country extravaganza at South Cerney.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the third full week of November 2014. There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Continued removal of equipment, back to base or other construction sites. The last 'crawler crane' is being stripped down. Heavy-duty vehicular access to the far bank is restricted by the width and load-bearing capacity of the temporary bridge at Coburg, meaning that the crane has to propel itself out and across the river to a waiting low-loader. The boom arm of the 50-ton CCH3000 Crawler Crane is broken down into sections, and shipped out by truck. A Liebherr LTM 1050/1 All Terrain Mobile Crane was used for the job. The steep angle of the bank meant that the attending CAT 3300L had to nudge and lift the crawler crane at critical moments. These guys knew what they were doing, had done it many times before and never faltered for a moment. A great lunch-hour show for me to watch.
This little montage features a veritable gathering of four Mean Green Machines.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the third full week of November 2014. There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Continued removal of equipment, back to base or other construction sites. The last 'crawler crane' is being stripped down. Heavy-duty vehicular access to the far bank is restricted by the width and load-bearing capacity of the temporary bridge at Coburg, meaning that the crane has to propel itself out and across the river to a waiting low-loader. The boom arm of the 50-ton CCH3000 Crawler Crane is broken down into sections, and shipped out by truck. A Liebherr LTM 1050/1 All Terrain Mobile Crane was used for the job. The steep angle of the bank meant that the attending CAT 3300L had to nudge and lift the crawler crane at critical moments. These guys knew what they were doing, had done it many times before and never faltered for a moment. A great lunch-hour show for me to watch.
This little montage features a veritable gathering of four Mean Green Machines.
1925 Aveling & Porter tandem roller No. 11363 (1 IF) at the 2022 Gloucestershire steam & country extravaganza at South Cerney.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the third full week of November 2014. There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Continued removal of equipment, back to base or other construction sites. The last 'crawler crane' is being stripped down. Heavy-duty vehicular access to the far bank is restricted by the width and load-bearing capacity of the temporary bridge at Coburg, meaning that the crane has to propel itself out and across the river to a waiting low-loader. The boom arm of the 50-ton CCH3000 Crawler Crane is broken down into sections, and shipped out by truck. A Liebherr LTM 1050/1 All Terrain Mobile Crane was used for the job. The steep angle of the bank meant that the attending CAT 3300L had to nudge and lift the crawler crane at critical moments. These guys knew what they were doing, had done it many times before and never faltered for a moment. A great lunch-hour show for me to watch.
This little montage features a veritable gathering of four Mean Green Machines.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken on the last full weekend of October 2014.
Throughout the days, it's a constant 2-way stream of Volvo trucks -- some bringing varying grades of hardcore down to the riverside to build up the rear of the steel wall - or removing previously laid temporary access shelf on the outside of the steel wall.
The guys are now actively rebuilding the riverbed itself: digging out the previous 'temporary' core material, and replacing with large, profiled boulders.
The intention being to (a) provide better habitat for fish stock, and (b) seek to slow the speed of river flow during periods of heavy rain and high river levels.
A neat job is being completed to landscape the ground in front of the apartments -- backfilling with stone and soil.
A protective guide-rail is being welded, in stages, to the top of the protruding steel wall, prior to capping with cement.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the third full week of November 2014. There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Continued removal of equipment, back to base or other construction sites. The last 'crawler crane' is being stripped down. Heavy-duty vehicular access to the far bank is restricted by the width and load-bearing capacity of the temporary bridge at Coburg, meaning that the crane has to propel itself out and across the river to a waiting low-loader. The boom arm of the 50-ton CCH3000 Crawler Crane is broken down into sections, and shipped out by truck. A Liebherr LTM 1050/1 All Terrain Mobile Crane was used for the job. The steep angle of the bank meant that the attending CAT 3300L had to nudge and lift the crawler crane at critical moments. These guys knew what they were doing, had done it many times before and never faltered for a moment. A great lunch-hour show for me to watch.
This little montage features a veritable gathering of four Mean Green Machines.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the third full week of November 2014. There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Continued removal of equipment, back to base or other construction sites. The last 'crawler crane' is being stripped down. Heavy-duty vehicular access to the far bank is restricted by the width and load-bearing capacity of the temporary bridge at Coburg, meaning that the crane has to propel itself out and across the river to a waiting low-loader. The boom arm of the 50-ton CCH3000 Crawler Crane is broken down into sections, and shipped out by truck. A Liebherr LTM 1050/1 All Terrain Mobile Crane was used for the job. The steep angle of the bank meant that the attending CAT 3300L had to nudge and lift the crawler crane at critical moments. These guys knew what they were doing, had done it many times before and never faltered for a moment. A great lunch-hour show for me to watch.
This little montage features a veritable gathering of four Mean Green Machines.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the second full week of November 2014.
There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Some finishing touches to the river bed itself, cosmetic work along the riverbank sides, and a jig-saw pattern of large boulders placed in mid-stream. The main (final) focus will be on completing the profiles to the wall, securing with poured concrete, and then the completion with the pre-fabricated stone capping.
The guys have attached steel frames to the recess of the sheet-steel uprights, and filled with concrete. They very carefully check levels, laser-assisted. There's still a surprising amount of intricate manual work involved -- machines can only do so much!
The next step involves swinging in pre-formed capping slabs, with inset jacking points, and embedded rods to intertwine with the sheet-steel wall. Accuracy satisfied, the welder melds them together.
It's a race against time, schedules - and expected heavy rains and high river levels on the way.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken within the third week of October 2014.
We were seeing the effects of the overnight deluge of rain (as predicted some days earlier) -- interestingly enough, the waters had covered the steel structure on the opposite banks. And this was only a short fall of rain.
What would prolonged, and heavy, rains bring? Some day, some year!
Most of the sheet piles were by now driven into place.
Work now involved reinforcing the base of the sheet wall.
On this side of the river, that work involved the build up of material behind the steel wall, to better reinforce the existing soil bank itself.
Throughout the days, it was a constant 2-way stream of Volvo trucks -- some bringing varying grades of hardcore down to the riverside to build up the rear of the steel wall - other times it was to remove previously laid boulders, as part of temporary access shelf on the outside of the steel wall.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the first full week of November 2014.
There is a noticeable drop-off in the level of activity on this site now.
The main (final) focus will be on completing the profiles to the sheet-steel wall, securing the structure with poured concrete, and then the completion with the pre-fabricated stone capping.
The majority of operatives who attended through the summer months have since moved on to other sites/tasks.
And we can see a slow repatriation of heavy-duty equipment back to base.
Having laid steel frames, back-braced for rigidity, they proceed to pour mixed cement into a suspended cradle which is swung across the river, allowing them to carefully measure out the cement fill through the sleeve -- so necessary when working in small, confined intricate spaces.
Once poured, the guy on the left is agitating the cement (basically a 'mixer') to force out any air pockets that might weaken the integrity of the hardened structure.
A smooth coordinated unit.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the third full week of November 2014. There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Continued removal of equipment, back to base or other construction sites. The last 'crawler crane' is being stripped down. Scrap metal is gathered and trucked out. Remedial work is carried out on the southern slope, removing traces of the access ramps, placing lines of boulders and reinforcing those parts of sloping banks with boulder buttressing. On this side, work continues on completing the profiles to the wall, securing with poured concrete, and then the completion with the pre-fabricated stone capping. This is very much intricate manual work -- machines can only do so much! The next step involves swinging in Precast Retaining Structure, Standard Capping Units (1.4T - supplied by Banagher Precast Concrete). Accuracy satisfied, the welder melds them together. A race against time, schedules - and the winter rains
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the first full week of November 2014.
There is a noticeable drop-off in the level of activity on this site now.
There's still some finishing touches to the river bed itself, cosmetic work along the riverbank sides, and a jig-saw pattern of large boulders placed in mid-stream.
The main (final) focus will be on completing the profiles to the sheet-steel wall, securing the structure with poured concrete, and then the completion with the pre-fabricated stone capping.
The majority of operatives who attended through the summer months have since moved on to other sites/tasks.
And we can see a slow repatriation of heavy-duty equipment back to base.
The guys have attached steel frames to the recess of the sheet-steel uprights, prior to filling with concrete.
There's still a surprising amount of intricate manual work involved in completing tasks -- machines can only do so much!
Plenty of bad weather about now, making for messy conditions underfoot.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the second full week of November 2014.
There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. Some finishing touches to the river bed itself, cosmetic work along the riverbank sides, and a jig-saw pattern of large boulders placed in mid-stream. The main (final) focus will be on completing the profiles to the wall, securing with poured concrete, and then the completion with the pre-fabricated stone capping.
The guys have attached steel frames to the recess of the sheet-steel uprights, and filled with concrete. They very carefully check levels, laser-assisted. There's still a surprising amount of intricate manual work involved -- machines can only do so much!
The next step involves swinging in pre-formed capping slabs, with inset jacking points, and embedded rods to intertwine with the sheet-steel wall. Accuracy satisfied, the welder melds them together.
It's a race against time, schedules - and expected heavy rains and high river levels on the way.
River Dargle Flood Defence Scheme.
These images were taken in the second full week of November 2014.
There's a big drop-off in activity on this site now. The main (final) focus will be on completing the profiles to the wall, securing with poured concrete, and then the completion with the pre-fabricated stone capping.
The guys have attached steel frames to the recess of the sheet-steel uprights, and filled with concrete. They very carefully check levels, laser-assisted.
The next step involves swinging in Precast Retaining Structure, Standard Capping Units (1.4T - supplied by Banagher Precast Concrete), with inset jacking points, and embedded rods to intertwine with the sheet-steel wall.
Accuracy satisfied, the welder melds them together.
A race against time, schedules - and the winter rains.
Meanwhile, at the Silverbridge site, adjacent to the N11 dual-carriageway, where bank stabilisation work has been in progress for months, back-filling is now complete, and topsoil dressing will finish the landscaping job.