Edward Beck & Son Ltd S20 Foden 6x4 ballast tractor Reg No ODB 793.

Nicknamed 'The Big Bopper' S20 Foden heavy haulage 6x4 ballast tractor Reg No ODB 793, powered by a Rolls Royce 220 BHP engine in line with a 12-speed gearbox, makes its way through the back streets of Ardwick Green Manchester in 1967 while hauling a long steel vessel that had been manufactured by Daniel Adamson and Co of Dukinfield.

The picture above shows the load after it had just negotiated the A57 Hyde Road in the days before the building of the Mancunian Way which had it existed then would have made the route a lot easier.

Photograph courtesy of Teddy Beck who used a 35mm Leica camera and had the picture processed on to a Kodachrome transparency slide.

You can view the Edward Beck & Son Ltd Collection here on Flickr.

Also there is a dedicated Edward Beck & Son Ltd web site which you can view HERE

This site contains many unseen images which have been taken from 35mm colour slides kindly supplied by Teddy Beck

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Manchester / Ardwick (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1967

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