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Thornycroft Steam Dust-Cart of 1897 with tipper body. Wagons and other means had been used for centuries to haul away solid waste. Among the first self-propelled garbage trucks were those ordered by Chiswick District Council from the Thornycroft Steam Wagon and Carriage Company in 1897 described as a steam motor tip-car, a new design of body specific for "the collection of dust and house refuse".
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Waste collection vehicles (18 P, 3 F) W. Waste industry (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Waste collection" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total.
The Rotopress is a continuously compacting garbage truck. A massive rotating drum compacts and stores the garbage. [1] The outer edge of the drum acts as the loading hopper, and paddles on the drum convey the waste around an auger of decreasing pitch until it is small enough to be forced through a small ring-shaped gap between the drum and the auger, where it then enters the main section of ...
The Garwood Load Packer (sometimes stylized as Gar Wood Load-Packer) is an American waste collection vehicle that was built by Garwood Industries in Detroit, Michigan. Engineered by Melvin Donald Silvey, the Packer brought significant changes in the mode and automation of garbage collection in the United States.
A grapple truck is a truck that has a grapple loader mounted to its frame which is used for loading and sometimes hauling bulky waste. Grapple trucks are commonly used by municipal sanitation or public works departments, and by waste collection companies. Grapple trucks can also sometimes be used in road construction and repair. There are six ...
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1934 Freighter. Shelvoke and Drewry was a Letchworth, Hertfordshire, manufacturer of special purpose commercial vehicles.It was best known for its innovative waste collection vehicles that were the preferred choice of municipal authorities in the UK together with their gully emptiers, cesspool cleaning vehicles and street watering and washing vehicles.