Lotz Traction Engine, 1866
The Lotz Traction engine with omnibus trailer Lotz's La France steam engine of 1866 was a real road locomotive. A steam bus is a bus powered by a steam engine. Early steam-powered vehicles designed for carrying passengers were more usually known as steam carriages, although this term was sometimes used to describe other early experimental vehicles too. Since the early 18th century, steam power has been applied to a variety of practical uses. In the 1780's rotative engines began to appear, driving factory machinery such as spinning mules and power looms. Steam engines were the moving force behind the Industrial Revolution and saw widespread commercial use driving machinery in factories, mills and mines; powering pumping stations; and propelling transport appliances such as railway locomotives, ships and road vehicles.
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