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Steam-powered traction engines, such as this one, were used from the 1880s, mainly for agricultural tasks such as ploughing and hauling loads of grain and wool. They could also be used instead of horses or bullocks to transport heavy loads from town to town.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, I. F. H. Johnston Collection
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