Article ID: CBB618399294

Steamrollers: Those Majestic Machines (2001)

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Although the Romans used heavy stone rollers to compact their roads, the modern road roller dates from the 18th century. Diderot's 1777 Encyclopedia shows a horse-drawn iron roller surmounted by a box into which stones could be added to increase the weight. Others offered similar designs. Because turning a ponderous roller in a narrow street tended to tear up the crushed stone being compacted, ingenious inventors devised swivels attached to the horse shafts, so the horses could reverse direction by swinging around the stationary roller without moving the heavy iron cylinder. The rapid advance of steam technology in connection with railroads and traction engines made it inevitable that steam power would be applied to road rollers.

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Authors & Contributors
Walton, Steven A.
Kevin Coffee
Joanne Ryan
Gray Fitzsimons
Eric DeLony
Thurston H. G. Hahn
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Steam Engines
Roads and highways
Technological innovation
Municipal engineering
Railroads
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
Canada
Kingston, Ontario
New Bedford, Mass
Butte, Montana
Central Park, New York, NY
Institutions
West Point Foundry
Kingston Pump House Steam Museum
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
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