Máquinas para la construcción vial: libros - historia

Classic American Steamrollers 1871-1935 Photo Archive

Thrilling photos of the great steam-powered machines that shaped America's highways and other paved spaces. For the first time, read about all 30 recognized makes of steamrollers built in North America. Fans of Baker, Birdsall, Buffalo-Pitts, Case, Enright, Geiser, Gorton, Heilman, Huber, Kelly, Leader, Port Huron, Robert Bell, Russell, & Waterous farm engines will find them among the road rollers shown.

See the development of North American rollers from Abbot Q Ross' first 3-wheel roller of 1871 through the last Buffalo-Springfield steamroller of 1935. You'll be fascinated by the depth of information.

Detalles del libro

Autor:	Judge Raymond L. Drake, Dr. Robert T. Rhode
Presentación:	128 páginas, 21.5 x 26 x 0.9 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	166 fotos b/n
Editor:	Iconografix (USA, 2001)
ISBN:	9781583880388

Road Rollers

In the nineteenth century, it became obvious that the UK's road system needed to be improved. Smoother roads were required to allow people to travel faster and more safely, and the engineers went to work to make this possible. In this book, author Anthony Coulls looks at one of the best known ways of doing this: the road roller.

The first road rollers were horse-drawn and these were followed in 1865 by the steam-powered road roller, which was seen on British roads for more than a century. Aveling & Porter of Rochester was the firm that dominated the steam roller market, although several other manufacturers made plenty. As technology improved, rollers began to get lighter and new forms of propulsion came in - petrol and diesel engines.

Even though a road roller today will be one of these more modern types, the term 'steam roller' is a firm part of the public's imagination. The appeal of the steam roller means that hundreds survive to this day in the hands of enthusiasts, who take them to steam rallies up and down the country, and petrol and diesel rollers have great appeal too.

From the earliest steam rollers to classic diesel and petrol rollers, this book presents the history of these popular road-making machines and their accessories. This volume is part of the Britain's Heritage series, which provides definitive introductions to the riches of Britain's past, and is the perfect way to get acquainted with road rollers in all their variety.

Detalles del libro

Autor:	Anthony Coulls
Presentación:	64 páginas, 23.5 x 16.5 x 0.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	180 fotos en b/n y color
Editor:	Amberley Publishing (GB, 2018)
ISBN:	9781445675800

Roadbuilding Construction Equipment at Work: Building the early interstate highways through New England's Green Mountains

This photo essay details the construction of the original Interstate Highway System in Vermont's picturesque and largely rural mountainous region through the late 1950s to late '70s. During this short time, contractor driven construction equipment innovation was remarkable: 2-½ cubic yard shovels were replaced with 4-8 yard shovels and then by massive wheel loaders up to 17 cubic yards; 15-22 ton rock trucks were upped to 50 tons; rudimentary spreading methods - with dump trucks using tailgate chains - were replaced with CMI Autogrades; and many contractors devised and built ingenious contraptions to increase production.

The work attracted many large established road building firms from other States - Lane, Perini, Palazzi, L. G. Defelice, Green Construction from Des Moines, Iowa, as well as Cartier Construction, a division of McNamara from Montreal - seen here clearing and grubbing, pioneering, rock drilling, mucking peat bogs, and excavation sequences including trucks and shovels, loaders, pan scrapers, and a wheel excavator.
The manufacturers of construction equipment constitute a virtual directory of the period; Caterpillar, Euclid, Allis-Chalmers, International, Dart, P&H, Bucyrus-Erie, Northwest, Lorain, Lima, Gradall, Barber-Greene, Blaw Knox, CMI, and more.

Detalles del libro

Autor:	Edgar A. Browning
Presentación:	126 páginas, 28 x 22 x 1 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	250 fotos b/n
Editor:	Iconografix (USA, 2011)
ISBN:	9781583882771

Steam Rollers in Preservation

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Los rodillos de vapor se desarrollaron por primera vez en la década de 1860. Thomas Aveling perfeccionó el diseño más común, con un gran rodillo direccional en la parte delantera y dos rodillos en la parte trasera. Su empresa, Aveling & Porter, se convirtió en el principal fabricante de rodillos de vapor, aunque otros constructores de tractores también produjeron diversos diseños, algunos bastante innovadores.
Los rodillos de vapor fueron los últimos vehículos de carretera a vapor en uso generalizado, algunos de los cuales permanecieron en servicio hasta mediados de la década de 1960. Como resultado, muchos han sido preservados y se exhiben con frecuencia en concentraciones y eventos.

Este libro muestra una variedad de rodillos de vapor de diferentes fabricantes que se pueden ver en Gran Bretaña y ofrece un relato detallado de su historia y preservación.

Detalles del libro

Autor:	Malcolm Batten
Presentación:	96 páginas, 20 x 14 x 1 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	180 fotos en b/n y color
Editor:	Amberley Publishing (GB, 2024)
ISBN:	9781398121058

Hamm - Mehr als 100 Jahre Strassenwalzen aus Tirschenreuth

An keinem anderen Ort der Welt werden länger Straßenwalzen hergestellt als in Tirschenreuth in der Oberpfalz (Bayern). Grund genug also, diese interessante Geschichte umfassend in Wort und Bild darzustellen.

Der Autor, nicht unweit von Tirschenreuth aufgewachsen, ist bereits als Jugendlicher fasziniert von Baumaschinen aller Art. Besonders angetan haben es ihm allerdings die Hamm-Walzen, die auf den Baustellen seiner Region allgegenwärtig sind. Früh beginnt er, die Maschinen zu fotografieren und alles zu sammeln, was mit den Motorwalzen zu tun hat.
Mit diesen Unterlagen und mit Hilfe der Maschinenbücher und Maschinenlisten, die den Verkauf aller Hamm-Walzen seit den 1920er Jahren dokumentieren, verfasste Alfred Meyer dieses aufwändig recherchierte und akribisch bearbeitete Werk.

Detalles del libro

Autor:	Alfred Meyer
Presentación:	253 páginas, 28.5 x 22 x 2.5 cm, tapa dura
Ilustración:	600 fotos en b/n y color
Editor:	Verlag Podszun (D, 2021)
ISBN:	9783751610292