Classic digging and craning
Chris Graham on 28th February 2020
Another look deep into the archives, to unearth some fascinating photographs of digging, craning and dumping from a personal collection.
Plant & Machinery
Historic construction industry archive under threat
Chris Graham on 28th February 2020
An historic construction industry archive is being broken up, with some irreplaceable literature facing the risk of being lost. Can you help save it?
The brilliance of Brunel
Chris Graham on 20th February 2020
The brilliance of Isambard Kingdom Brunel is celebrated at London’s Brunel Museum, which documents the great man’s first and last projects.
Exploring the polar regions
Chris Graham on 16th February 2020
Exploring the polar regions is incredibly tough and unforgiving on both man and machines, Ed Burrows recounts some of the earliest, mechanised expeditions.
Allis-Chalmers HD-6 crawler
Chris Graham on 3rd February 2020
The Allis-Chalmers HD-6 crawler launched in 1955, with high expectations which, as Paul Tofield explains, were proved thoroughly justified.
Agricultural developments: 1959
Chris Graham on 23rd January 2020
It’s 1959 a new decade is about to be born and the latest agricultural developments are revealed at the Smithfield Show in December, as Tony Hoyland explains. Business was thriving for Roadless Traction Ltd, which was exhibiting its four-wheel-drive conversion…
Cooper-Stewart portable shearing set
Chris Graham on 23rd January 2020
Pete Barker tells the tale of the purchase and restoration of a Cooper-Stewart portable shearing set Pete Barker’s restored Cooper-Stewart portable shearing set I have a strange passion for smaller engines powering machinery that would have commonly been used in peoples’…
End of season crank-up in Wales
Chris Graham on 22nd January 2020
Alan & Lynne Cullen report from the End of Season Crank-Up at the Internal Fire Museum of Power, Wales The first of the visiting engines we encountered was this little Blackstone, commonly referred to as a ‘Blister’ engine At 6am…
