- Wikidata identifier:
- Q6065645
- Instance of:
- transport museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 890
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q6065645/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Transport
Commercial vehicles in the museum date from 1914 to 1979 and include a number of important electric vehicles, such as the Ransomes electric lorry No 4, a Smiths/NCB electric milk float from 1948, a Morrison electric coal lorry from 1951, a Brush Pony electric van, 1967, a Smith’s electric vegetable cart from 1965 and an Enfield electric van from 1981. A number of these vehicles were used by the Ipswich Co-op. The collection of trams and trolleybuses includes the important Ipswich trolleybus No 2, which is believed to be the oldest on display in the world, built by Railless Ltd in 1923. Others were built by Ransomes of Ipswich, Garretts of Leiston, Brush of Louhgborough and Sunbeam. The bus collection is particularly strong on vehicles operated by Eastern Counties and Ipswich Corporation, although there are vehicles originating from independent operators including a Chevrolet LQ coach from 1930. Makers represented include Associated Daimler Company, Tilling Stevens, Dennis, Bristol, AEC and Leyland. Service vehicles include a Barford and Perkins roller, 1925, an Aveling & Porter roadman’s living van from 1910, a Lacre depot sweeper based on a Morris Cowley and a Monarch tower wagon,1948. Fire service vehicles include pumps, hose carts, fire escape ladders as well as fire engines. The lifting and handling vehicle collections include what may be the first mobile crane built in the world, designed and built by Ransomes and Rapier in 1923. The collection also includes a number of works flatbed trucks. Personal transport vehicles include a hearse, a sedan chair, bicycles and a baby carriage as well as some interesting electric cars including an Enfield electric car used by Eastern Electricity meter readers and a Sinclair C5. Horse drawn vehicles include a number of commercial vehicles, a tar pot, tower wagon, baker’s van and milk float as well as carriages.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC