A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER XXII.—PERSONS EMPLOYED IN TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

Sub-order 2.—Road Transport Workers

721.—Drivers of Steam Wagons and Traction Engines (not Agricultural)

driver, motor steam dray; motor steam lorry driver, steam lorry driver ; steam wagon driver: drives dray, lorry or wagon (brewers, timber, etc.) propelled by steam motor.
driver, steam omnibus: drives an omnibus which is propelled by steam generated by flash boiler system and consuming paraffin or similar fuel.
driver, steam roller: drives, fires, and attends to a steam roller; controls driving wheel and directs roller, to and fro, along surface of road being rolled; shovels coal into boiler fire to maintain required steam pressure; periodically rakes fire to remove clinker and ashes; oils bearings, cleans engine, boiler parts and brasses with cotton waste.
driver, steam wagon: see driver, motor steam dray.
driver, tractor; motor tractor driver, steam tractor driver, traction engine driver: drives and attends generally to a mechanically-propelled tractor; may also act as steerer and stoker q.v.
fireman, steam wagon: feeds fire of steam wagon and assists driver to keep wagon clean; may also act as steerer q.v.
steerer (steam wagon traction engine), motor steerer: is in charge of steering wheel of steam wagon on traction engine; may also act as stoker q.v.
stoker, motor steam lorry; motor stoker, motor wagon stoker: feeds and cleans fire in engine of steam-propelled lorry or wagon; may also act as steerer q.v.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.