Commercial Steam Vehicles
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Glasgow Museums has one commercial steam vehicle which dates from 1916. This steam-powered lorry was built by a Glasgow company, Alley & MacLellan whose premises, the original Sentinel Works in Jessie Street, Glasgow is still in existence though now in a very derelict condition. The design offices and pattern shop is listed category A as a building of significant national importance. It was the first steel-reinforced concrete building in Scotland The company moved to Shrewsbury in 1915 but continued to produce these lorries in the same way until the thirties. Steam lorries were extensively used for heavy haulage during the in between period when horse drawn transport was giving way to the internal combustion engine.
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