Bury Transport Museum, Steam Roller "Hilda"
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Bury Transport Museum, Steam Roller "Hilda"
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 30 Nov 2011
Hilda is one of the exhibits at the restored goods warehouse at Castlecroft (Image]). Built in 1921, Hilda was in service until 1971 with the building firm R & T Howarth Ltd of Deeplish. Steam rollers were used for levelling surfaces such as roads.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.594565
Longitude
-2.30108