Cherie's Place » Snow Plough http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:42:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Swiss Transport Museum – Rotary Snow Plough http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/12/09/swiss-transport-museum-rotary-snow-ploug/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2013/12/09/swiss-transport-museum-rotary-snow-ploug/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2013 21:35:00 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=11932 Rotary Snow Plough

From information signboard:

Rotary snow-plough Xrot m No 100 Rotary Gotthard Railway GB 1895

The snow-plough body contains the boiler and a twin-cylinder steam engine driving the bucket wheel, which is nearly 3 metres in diameter.  The cutting blades were adjustable to cope with the varying hardness of the drifts.  The jet of snow that was hurled away could be directed as far as 90 m sideways and up to 18 m in height.  This patent was developed by Leslie Brothers for the Rocky Mountains in North America, and was superior to competitive products available there.

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