The steam traction engine was for a long time a vital means of freight transport, and for providing power on the spot for ploughing, threshing, funfairs, and so on. They were the mainstay of agriculture from the end of the mid 1800's to the 1930s ,when they were replaced by the early petrol tractors. Until heavy lorries appeared they were the only way to move items that were too large to go by rail, such as ship boilers.

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