![]() Having failed to impress the British municipal road authorities it was transferred to Kolkata where it continued to work. In Britain, a 30-ton steamroller was designed in 1863 by William Clark and partner W.F. Īn early steamroller was patented by Louis Lemoine in France in 1859 and demonstrated sometime before February 1861. Pictured is the model "Britannia".īefore about 1850, the word steamroller meant a fixed machine for rolling and curving steel plates for boilers and ships.įrom then on, it also meant a mobile device for flattening ground. History Aveling and Porter manufactured the first successful steamrollers. The word steamroller frequently refers to road rollers in general, regardless of the method of propulsion. ![]() ![]() The key difference between the two vehicles is that on a roller the main roll replaces the front wheels and axle that would be fitted to a traction engine, and the driving wheels are smooth-tired. The majority of steam rollers are outwardly similar to traction engines as many traction engine manufacturers later produced rollers based on their existing designs, and the patents owned by certain roller manufacturers tended to influence the general arrangements used by others. The leveling/flattening action is achieved through a combination of the size and weight of the vehicle and the rolls: the smooth wheels and the large cylinder or drum fitted in place of treaded road wheels. Front view of Aveling and Porter steamroller at the Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo.Ī steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for leveling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine.
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