Road Haulage – Jesse Ellis Wagons of Maidstone

Fleet No: 1. A&P Works No: 721. Built in 1871. The first Aveling & Porter traction engine owned by Jesse Ellis. Now Standing in the Science Museum London.

Jesse Ellis taking delivery of a new Aveling & Porter road traction engine Named POLLY, at Aveling works, Rochester.

Portable steam crane working at an agricultural show

Road tractor and trailers were the means of transport before lorries