Steam Traction Engine - Dawson City, Yukon Territory
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N 64° 03.396 W 139° 26.165
7W E 576333 N 7104258
This steam traction engine is located inside the locomotive shelter of the Dawson City Museum, in Dawson City, Yukon.
Waymark Code: WM12RZW
Location: Yukon Territory, Canada
Date Posted: 07/09/2020
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A traction engine is a self-propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin tractus, meaning 'drawn', since the prime function of any traction engine is to draw a load behind it. They are sometimes called road locomotives to distinguish them from railway locomotives – that is, steam engines that run on rails. type of steam traction engine was used during the Klondike Gold rush to pull cargo sleds, haul coal and distribute material where needed by the miners and construction firms.
Traction engines tend to be large, robust and powerful, but heavy, slow, and difficult to manoeuvre. Nevertheless, they revolutionized agriculture and road haulage at a time when the only alternative prime mover was the draught horse.
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