Motor Tower Wagon

Motor Tower Wagon

Image Details

Title Motor Tower Wagon
Reference Number STH0001859
Photographer Flagg Amy Celia
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1913
Original Format Black and white photograph.
Period The 1910s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information First motor-tower wagon belonging to South Shields Corporation. This was a high adjustable platform on which workmen can stand (as when repairing overhead wires or cleaning and replacing streetlights) - The particular model is an Albion which had a speed of 12mph.