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From Brian Williams at 2007-05-13 16:14:22 : Paul, Were these ones of WW1 vintage? I thought they'd been built mid-WW2 to carry the proposed Sherman replacement, in the way that the Germans built six-axle flats for the Tiger and its derivatives. They still kept the safety chains and the MoD 'On loan to..' plates when I remember them. Some of these ended their days carrying ingot moulds from the BSC foundry at Landore, where they lasted until the closure of the plant at the end of the 1970s. From my time at the plant, I recollect that they were used on the heaviest moulds, destined for Ravenscraig. Road transport had been tried for these, but the trailer grounded on the bridge over the canal. Others were used to carry equalising beams in conjunction with the movement of large loads on Weltrols