Yes, even more primitive than an old Bolwell. This is a Ratha-yatra chariot that each night during the Woodford Festival cruised around the streets of the village with its air horn blaring like a ship in the Port River. Ratha-yatra is the festival of chariots which is a joyous event celebrated for thousands of years in the Indian holy city of Jagannatha Puri and recently in cities around the world. Lord Jagannatha rides on this huge "juggernaut" in a procession to the Gundicha Temple to see his devotees who welcome him in the streets. Each year they construct new chariots. I think this is an old one. I noticed that the hubs were from a Leyland truck from the twenties.
The power came from people pulling ropes (People Power) but what I wanted to show you was a couple of mechanical components. Firstly the elaborate steering system, steered by a steering wheel on a vertical steering column upstairs.
And the braking system which you might note has a power booster, fed from a large cylinder of compressed air.
The power came from people pulling ropes (People Power) but what I wanted to show you was a couple of mechanical components. Firstly the elaborate steering system, steered by a steering wheel on a vertical steering column upstairs.
And the braking system which you might note has a power booster, fed from a large cylinder of compressed air.
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