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1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float. Artist: Unknown

1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float. The Express Dairy Company was the first to experiment with small electrically (battery) driven milk delivery vehicles in 1932 using the Birmingham-made GV 5/7cwt delivery truck. These were an immediate success and gradually the horse drawn milk floats were taken out of service. Brush of Loughborough, well-known manufacturers of electrical equipment, started making a range of electric delivery vehicles in 1946, of which this is one of the oldest surviving.
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Title:
1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
1947 Brush Pony Electric Milk Float. The Express Dairy Company was the first to experiment with small electrically (battery) driven milk delivery vehicles in 1932 using the Birmingham-made GV 5/7cwt delivery truck. These were an immediate success and gradually the horse drawn milk floats were taken out of service. Brush of Loughborough, well-known manufacturers of electrical equipment, started making a range of electric delivery vehicles in 1946, of which this is one of the oldest surviving.
Credit:
Album / National Motor Museum / Heritage Images
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Image size:
4645 x 3758 px | 49.9 MB
Print size:
39.3 x 31.8 cm | 15.5 x 12.5 in (300 dpi)
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