(INDUSTRY MACHINERY) A British album with 44 photographs di

Sale 2393 - Lot 71

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(INDUSTRY & MACHINERY)
A British album with 44 photographs displaying the new Aveling and Porter Compound Roller Type "AB," with a large number of accessories such as: a long awning, short awning, three tine scarifier, water elevator, and more. The steam rollers are posed in front of a draped, apparently dirty white cloth at an Aveling & Porter building which bears the company crest; 4 with the background edited out. Assistants of the photoshoot cheekily peer around the edges of the cloth and smirk, as if knowing they may be part of the final photograph. Silver prints, each measuring 10 7/8x8 7/8 inches (27.6x22.5 cm.), sheet size 11 1/4x9 3/4 inches (29.8x24.8 cm.), mounted recto/verso, with typed captions affixed to the bottom margin of each print identifying the different accessories exhibited. Oblong folio, green leatherette, ties. Circa 1910

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Aveling and Porter of Rochester, Kent was originally started in 1862 by Thomas Aveling and Richard Porter. In 1881 the company was to be taken over by Aveling's son, Thomas Lake, and following this, his grandson, Major T. Aveling, M.C. to whom it appears this album belonged. They were the first company to commercially sell steam rollers. The original iteration of the compound steam roller shown in this album was first introduced in 1881 at the Royal Agricultural Show and was received extremely well. It could do the same job as was previously done by a horse-drawn roller, at half the cost and in half the time. The need for smooth and designated roadways became a necessity due to the rapidly climbing amount of privately owned and commercial vehicles on the road.