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Ref No STR/1/58
TitleBlack and white photograph of tilt test on 8 feet wide Sunbeam bus owned by St.Helens Corporation
Date c. 1942
Description2 copies of the same item. Buses received "tilt tests" so that their stability could be checked. The bus in the photograph was 1 of 10 Sunbean trolley buses built during World War II. These trolley buses were 8 feet wide and until restrictions to their use were removed in 1950, they could only operate on the Prescot and Rainhill routes.
Extent2 items
Level Item
RelatedMaterialSTR/1/139 and STR/1/140
AccessStatusOpen
TermWorld War Two, 1939-1945
Second World War
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