Rear view. Concept models. Concept models. Concept models. Concept models. Propellor protection. Prop actually swivels up and down to give ground clearance or motive power. [Source: All the above images – Life 1948] [Source: Mechanix Illustrated – March 1948] [Source: Popular Mechanics – May 1948] [Source: Popular Science – May 1948] Leapfrog Barge Swims, Walks, Climbs …
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The earliest known actual walking dragline was from Ransomes & Rapier 1939 using the patented Cameron and Heath walking method. Model W170, it had a 4-yard bucket. TRACTION OR PROPULSION MECHANISM OF THE WALKING TYPE – Cameron et al. Colin McLeod Cameron and Alfred Thomas Heath British Patent 320,223 Granted Feb 21, 1940. Filed Mar …
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Walking Fish Walking Bird "Boadicea" Walking woman with Chariot – see here. Walking Boat. See here. Exploding Man Clockwork Woman Baldwinisms from Andrew Baldwin on Vimeo. Andrew Baldwin trained as a Master Blacksmith and Welder and worked as such for 28 years. His interest in Victorian engineering, his limitless imagination and his aptitude for …
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See Andrew Baldwin's website here http://www.andrewbaldwin.co.uk/. Andrew Baldwin trained as a Master Blacksmith and Welder and worked as such for 28 years. His interest in Victorian engineering, his limitless imagination and his aptitude for working metal are what motivates him to create his outlandish mechanical marvels. Among his creations is a truly poetic life-size sculpture …
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"Boadicea" walks very well at around 2 mph carrying anyone that can fit in the chariot. It is well over-powered with a slow-running English Lister diesel engine chuffing away inside the woman's belly from whence profuse clouds of billowing smoke emerge whether out of the engine needing a rebore or, more likely, it has been run …
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