Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - The Steam Navvy and the Dock Extension of 1883 . . .

however, the stuff is more solidly packed by the navvy than when the wagons are loaded by hand. With extra large wagons holding four cubic yards each, an equal number has been filled in a day, equivalent to the grand total of nearly 1,000 cubic inside yards per day.

Ruston Proctor & Co. Ltd., Lincoln, steam navvy at work. [1067]

Construction. The machine is shown in the engravings, Fig. 1 being an elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan. It longitudinals may be described generally as consisting of a strong rectangular wrought-iron frame mounted on wheels, forming a substantial base to which all the parts are secured. On the back end is placed the engine, beside which the driver even stands.