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US Vertical Boiler Traction Engine

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vtsteam:
I've been researching borax as a flux and came across this fantastic Wikipedia image of a traction engine hauling borax out of Death Valley.

Reduced sized image here to fit the forum page:



And the original larger image here:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Hauling_Borax%2C_Death_Valley%2C_1904.jpg

vtsteam:
It looks to me as if the front wheel is as tall as the woman (or girl) seated beside it, if she were standing.

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