The Burgh Isuland Hotel are now on their third sea tractor but this was theoriginal vehiclle. A little more information can be found on the hotel web sire here.
This blog provides images and information on interwar tank development by Vickers Armstrong Ltd. The photographs used have come from two works albums from Vickers Armstrong Ltd, held by the Beamish Museum and used here with permission. They also cover other vehicles including half tracks and wheeled transport.
Showing posts with label half track. Show all posts
Showing posts with label half track. Show all posts
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Tractor Burgh Island 1932
The Burgh Isuland Hotel are now on their third sea tractor but this was theoriginal vehiclle. A little more information can be found on the hotel web sire here.
Double Half Track 1930
These three photographs are also headed SARA. The Census number for this vehicleseems to have been 854.
This vehicle is described as a "Borer".
Wednesday, 8 July 2015
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
The First Album
Posts of photographs from the first album will use the full captions shown, which are usually longer than those from the index shown above.
The first album seems to be chronological and is more systematic than the second album. It starts with Little Willie, the first tank of 1915, and goes up to the late 1930s.
The second album contains more thematic sections on interwar bridging activities, Carden Loyd tankettes and Vickers/Carden Loyd Light Tanks, Dragons (tracked artillery tractors), and WW2 equipment including Valentines, including brigelayer and Archer SP anti tank gun, the Tetrarch, and the Alecto.
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