Installation consists of use of tractors of "walkie" type to tow, as trailers, hand trucks already in use; tractors are powered by 10-cell, 12-v D6A Edison nickel iron alkaline storage batteries each of 450amp-hr capacity; trucking time is cut in half.


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    Title :

    Post office department applied power trucking to handling of parcel post in Baltimore


    Additional title:

    Storage Battery Power


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1952


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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