Paignton, An Assymetrical Tricycle 1889
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Victorian engineering may have had its successes with its railways, bridges and steamships, but not every invention made it into the handbook or classic designs. This extraordinary contraption - perhaps called a Penny-Two-Farthings - may have had the advantage of staying upright when stationary, but it didn't catch on. It was known as an assymetrical tricycle. Steering was by the two small wheels on the right, linked by a system of rods, and drive was by a crank axle chain-geared to the large left-hand wheel.
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