The SHEW, Beamish Open Air Museum

The unique feature of this vehicle is the chassis frame that pivoted in the middle to provide four-wheel steering.This method of steering was the invention of Thomas Hugh Parker of Wolverhampton in 1905-1906, who was responsible for the design of a number of electric, steam, and petrol-driven vehicles from 1897. It is believed that the surviving SHEW, with 14hp twin cylinder Forman engine, was the second of two prototypes with articulating chassis, designed by Mr Parker, and constructed at the Burnt Tree Engineering Works, Dudley, in 1906-1907. After the First World War the SHEW was relegated to carrying out duties on The Marquis of Londonderry's Estate at Wynyard Park, and was finally pensioned off before the Second World War.