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of South John Street, Liverpool
1905-06 Steam wagon.[1]. This had some very curious features, principally in the use of a single cylinder engine and ratchet drive to the axle. (Nicolas Cugnot anticipated Hay by well over a century, but wisely used two cylinders!). Only one or two examples of Hay's lorry were made.[2]
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