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Summary
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English: Paper car wheels consisted of compressed paper sandwiched between steel plates (note the rivets on the wheel face) pressed into a flanged rim. The thought was that it produced a better and quieter ride, but they often failed resulting in serious derailments. |
| Date | circa 1910 |
| Source | A Car-Builder's Dictionary and Facebook |
| Author | Unknown author |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 00:34, 11 July 2018 |  | 615 × 429 (71 KB) | NearEMPTiness | User created page with UploadWizard |
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- Paper car wheel
- User:Cbl62/DYKSTATS mock up
- User:Theleekycauldron/DYK all time/Lead
- Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics/All-time DYK pageview leaders
- Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics/Monthly DYK pageview leaders/2018
- Wikipedia:Did you know/Statistics/Monthly DYK pageview leaders/2018/September
- Wikipedia:Main Page history/2018 September 6
- Wikipedia:Recent additions/2018/September
- Template:Did you know nominations/Paper car wheel
- Portal:Illinois/Did you know
- Portal:Trains/Did you know/Main page, 2018
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