FOWLER Special Sprung (Showmans) Road Locomotive
£325,000.00
No.7857 by John Fowler & Co., Leeds Ltd.
Originally built with full showmans fittings, dynamo and bollard crane.
This interesting and newly discovered engine was reputedly ordered in 1896 by the showman T. Taylor of Grimsburg, Northants, as a ‘special’ 3 speed sprung A4 class road loco, uniquely fitted with dynamo platform and dynamo, full-length canopy and right-hand mounted ‘bollard crane’.
Some History of FOWLER No.7857
Available for sale in ‘as found’ unrestored condition.
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