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49-648: The Burlington Railroad Depot in Nebraska City , also known as the Nebraska City Burlington Depot, and Nebraska City station is a historic train station listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The station dates to 1912 when it was built in Renaissance Revival style after a prior station proved insufficient for the city's passenger needs. The museum is slated to form part of

98-468: A busy route a 3-ton petrol lorry could save about £100 per month compared to its steam equivalent, in spite of restrictive speed limits, and relatively high fuel prices and maintenance costs. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s successive governments placed tighter restrictions on road steam haulage, including smoke and vapour limits. As a result of the Salter Report on road funding, an ' axle weight tax '

147-508: A male householder with no wife present, and 36.9% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.97. The median age in the city was 40.9 years. 24.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 19.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

196-433: A much better view of the road due to the forward position of the driver. Construction of wheels was a significant challenge, as wheels on horse-drawn vehicles had only been responsible for weight of the vehicle, but were now also required to transmit the power to the road. The earliest examples typically used either built up steel traction engine-type type wheels, or wooden artillery wheels , both types using steel bands for

245-603: A parade, a classic car show, carnival rides, the AppleJack Fun Run/Walk, a quilt show, and craft shows and events all around the city and surrounding area. In 2011, a turnout of 40–50,000 visitors was expected. Nebraska City has a mayor-commission government system. Nebraska City is currently the only municipality in the State of Nebraska that has the commissioner form of government. The Nebraska City commissioner model does not utilize representatives from precinct divisions of

294-449: A significant number have been preserved in working order and may be seen in operation at steam fairs , particularly in the UK. The steam wagon came in two basic forms: Both forms were built in parallel from the early 1900s to the early 1930s. The purported advantages of overtype wagons were their simplicity and familiarity for users of traction engines, whereas undertypes were marketed as having

343-610: A station on the Underground Railroad . Early European-American official exploration was reported in 1804 by Lewis and Clark as they journeyed west along the Missouri River . They encountered many of the historic Native American tribes whose ancestors had inhabited the territory for thousands of years. During the years of early pioneer settlement, in 1846 the US Army built Old Fort Kearny at Nebraska City. Several years later,

392-475: A widespread form of powered road traction for commercial haulage in the early part of the twentieth century, although they were a largely British phenomenon, with few manufacturers outside Great Britain. Competition from internal-combustion -powered vehicles and adverse legislation meant that few remained in commercial use beyond the Second World War . Although the majority of steam wagons have been scrapped,

441-624: Is Arbor Lodge , home of the first Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, J. Sterling Morton , who promoted the planting of trees on the prairie for shade, fruit, and windbreaks. The National Arbor Day Foundation has its headquarters near his home in Nebraska City. Each year, the AppleJack Festival in Nebraska City takes place on the third weekend of September. The event has been held for over 40 years. It includes such events as

490-514: Is in the 1st state legislative district, as of 2022 & is represented by state senator Julie Slama in the Nebraska Legislature . The first high school in Nebraska was established in Nebraska City in 1864. Nebraska City has a public and a Catholic school system. Nebraska City Public Schools offers K-12 education. The high school has an enrollment of about 445; its athletic teams are

539-568: The American Civil War , Nebraska City was noted as having the Territory's largest population of slaves. Many worked on the riverfront as laborers, involved with moving freight and luggage associated with steamboat traffic. By the mid-19th century, steamboats on the Missouri River were the vitalizing force behind Nebraska City's growth, bringing commerce, people and freight to the west. In

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588-501: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.69 square miles (12.15 km ), all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 7,289 people, 2,960 households, and 1,867 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,554.2 inhabitants per square mile (600.1/km ). There were 3,265 housing units at an average density of 696.2 units per square mile (268.8 units/km ). The racial makeup of

637-523: The "Speed-Six" and "Speed-Twelve" wagons. They were a valiant attempt at producing a modern steam wagon, but suffered from reliability problems, primarily due to issues with the boiler design. At the end of 1932, Foden turned to diesel wagons. The last French producer was Valentin Purrey who ceased production in 1929. The only remaining player in the market was Sentinel. In 1933, they launched their "S" type wagons. A fast, well thought out and reliable design, it

686-413: The 1960s. A few of the tar sprayers remained in use into the 1980s. Road steam disappeared through becoming uneconomical to operate, and unpopular with British governments. By 1921, steam tractors had demonstrated clear economic advantages over horse power for heavy hauling and short journeys. However, petrol lorries were starting to show better efficiency and could be purchased cheaply as war surplus; on

735-649: The Pioneers. It is a member of the Trailblazers Conference. Lourdes Central Catholic Schools also provides K-12 education, with a total enrollment of about 330 in all grades. Its athletic teams are the Knights. The Nebraska Center for the Education of Children Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired was founded in 1875 and today serves students across Nebraska and western Iowa. Steam wagon Steam wagons were

784-684: The UK in the last decade of the 19th century. Manufacturers such as the Lancashire Steam Motor Company (later Leyland), Coulthard, Mann , Straker and Thornycroft were among the companies that began producing wagons at this time. In 1901, several makers competed in the Aldershot trials for the War Department , with Thornycroft's gear driven undertype coming out as the winner ahead of Foden 's early chain driven overtype. Both manufacturers built on this early success, with Foden patenting

833-399: The added rubber, the wheel would remain approximately the same overall diameter. By the 1920s the predominant wheel design was a cast steel centre with a pressed on solid rubber tyre. By the late 1920s pneumatic tyres had evolved to the point that they were capable of sustaining the tyre loads imposed by steam wagons. Their advantages were a smoother ride, and due to the lower loading applied to

882-495: The army abandoned it to relocate the fort to central Nebraska, now south of present-day Kearney . Shortly after the post was vacated, John Boulware developed an important river-crossing and ferry service from Iowa to present-day Nebraska City. He and his father expanded their business and in 1852 or 1853 built a ferry house, the first residence in Nebraska City. In 1854 the Kansas–Nebraska Act allowed legal settlement in

931-405: The average family size was 3.01. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males. As of 2000 the median income for a household in

980-440: The celebrated C-type overtype. It was not a revolutionary wagon, but had improvements such as a better driving position and the option of a windscreen. In 1923, Sentinel launched a much updated wagon, the "Super" Sentinel. In 1924, Fowler made their attempt to enter the undertype market. The various undertypes of the era were frequently fitted with windscreens to improve crew comfort. In the early 1920s, in an attempt to circumvent

1029-409: The city was $ 34,952, and the median income for a family was $ 42,860. Males had a median income of $ 29,507 versus $ 19,859 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 16,969. About 6.3% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 12.0% of those under age 18 and 7.7% of those age 65 or over. Nebraska City is known as "The Home of Arbor Day ". In Nebraska City

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1078-590: The city was 47.3% male and 52.7% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,228 people, 2,898 households, and 1,872 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,633.6 inhabitants per square mile (630.7/km ). There were 3,154 housing units at an average density of 712.8 units per square mile (275.2 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 96.00% White , 0.37% African American , 0.30% Native American , 0.37% Asian , 0.07% Pacific Islander , 2.01% from other races , and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.40% of

1127-446: The city was 91.5% White , 0.4% African American , 0.3% Native American , 0.7% Asian , 0.2% Pacific Islander , 5.3% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.9% of the population. There were 2,960 households, of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.1% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had

1176-579: The city. The commissioners are elected citywide; each has a specific departmental role. These roles are: Mayor-Commissioner of Public Affairs and Public Safety, Finance Commissioner, Parks and Recreation Commissioner, Public Works Commissioner, and Streets Commissioner. Current office holders are Mayor Bryan Bequette (through December 2024); Finance Commissioner Cole Sharp (December 2026); Parks and Recreation Commissioner Patrick Wehling (December 2024); Public Works Commissioner Ron Osovski (December 2024); and Streets Commissioner Joe Chaney (December 2026). The city

1225-409: The contact with the road. Some variations were used, such as the composite wheels used by Alley & MacLellan on early Sentinels, using a cast steel centre with wooden felloes , or steel plate wheels as used by Mann. As press-on solid rubber tyres of sufficient capacity became available around 1910, the wheel designs were updated to allow for their use. This meant making the wheel smaller, so that with

1274-478: The essential features of the overtype wagon and deterring other manufacturers from attempting such a design. Around this time the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon company began producing undertype wagons with their distinctive pattern of double ended boiler. In this period, many manufacturers made attempts to build steam wagons, often with only moderate success. In 1906, Alley & McLellan launched

1323-404: The first Sentinel wagon, driven by a well designed, rugged engine with poppet valves, and an effective superheated vertical cross watertube boiler. It was a revolutionary design, and immediately took a large share of the market. Also in 1906, Wallis & Steevens produced an overtype wagon that Foden viewed as an infringement of their patent. The matter led to a patent infringement case. In 1908

1372-515: The future Nebraska Railroad Museum , whose leaders plan to display a historic railcar in front of the building. [REDACTED] Media related to Nebraska City Burlington depot at Wikimedia Commons Nebraska City Nebraska City is a city in Nebraska and the county seat of Otoe County , Nebraska , United States. As of the 2020 census , the city population was 7,222. The Nebraska State Legislature has credited Nebraska City as being

1421-618: The matter was decided in Wallis & Steevens' favour, and upheld on appeal. This naturally led to a great expansion of overtype wagon production, with prominent traction engine companies drawing on their experience building steam tractors to produce wagons, with varying success. The great transport demands of the World War I led to several of the premier wagon manufacturers – at the time, Sentinel, Clayton & Shuttleworth , Foden and Garrett , having almost their entire production ordered directly for

1470-457: The maximum allowable gross weight from 12 tons to 19 tons with no axle weight exceeding 7 1/2 tons. Both Sentinel and Foden quickly brought out six wheelers, and these became a large percentage of the output of these manufacturers for the remainder of steam wagon production. Around this period, Foden made several attempts to build undertypes, with the E-type being largely a failure. Yorkshire produced

1519-660: The oldest incorporated city in the state, as it was the first approved by a special act of the Nebraska Territorial Legislature in 1855. Nebraska City is home of Arbor Day , the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Center (which focuses on the natural history achievements of the expedition), and the Mayhew Cabin , the only site in the state recognized by the National Park Service as

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1568-458: The pinnacle of achievement in the steam wagon industry". While steam wagon use greatly diminished in the 1930s due to the effects of the Salter Report , many wagons were converted to pneumatic tyres and saw later use. Another use, where wagons often retained solid tyres, was as tar sprayers. Steam wagons also saw use by local authorities into the 1950s. Standard Sentinel waggons were still in commercial use internally at Brown Bayley Steels during

1617-409: The population. There were 2,898 households, out of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.3% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.4% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and

1666-416: The possibility of using steam power for a self-contained goods vehicle. Prior to this point, goods were carried in a trailer towed behind a traction engine , or more frequently a horse. The first steam wagon was produced in 1870 and occasional experiments continued over the next two decades. Despite legislation that severely restricted the unladen weight of wagons, steam wagon production began to flourish in

1715-463: The production of steam-powered road vehicles. They supplied steam lorries to the British Army , commercial steam wagons and vans, steam cars (for a few years), and buses – London's first powered bus was a Thornycroft double-decker steam bus . Manufacturers who were significant producers of steam lorries include: Outside UK: The 1928 film The Wrecker features a spectacular crash between

1764-523: The regional area. Three townships were incorporated by settlers including Stephen Nuckolls , one of the fathers of Nebraska City. Nebraska City and Kearney City were incorporated in 1855, and South Nebraska City was incorporated in 1856. During those years, Nebraska City competed fiercely to become the Nebraska Territory capital. On December 31, 1857, these three town sites along with Prairie City joined, incorporating as present-day Nebraska City. Before

1813-400: The road, were subject to lower taxes. Some late steam wagons by Sentinel, Foden, Garrett and Yorkshire were built with pneumatic tyres, and steam wagons that remained in haulage use after increases in taxation in 1934 were typically converted to pneumatic tyres. The earliest steam wagons typically had very spartan accommodation for the crew - often not even including a roof to protect them from

1862-400: The spring of 1858 Russell, Majors and Waddell started freighting from Nebraska City on a government contract to transport all provisions for all western forts. The supplies were brought up the Missouri River by steamboat and then taken out by wagon train. Nebraska City's favorable position (with a gradual slope from the river to the table land above) and good trail made it an important link to

1911-424: The updated "WG", "WH" (shaft drive) and "WJ" (six wheeler) wagons By the beginning of the 1930s, the landscape was becoming difficult for steam wagon production. Many manufacturers had gone out of business, and many others had turned to internal combustion. The only major manufacturers who produced new designs in this period were Foden and Sentinel. In 1930, Foden launched their revolutionary "O-Type", better known as

1960-465: The war effort. This opened up the home market for many other manufacturers to fill the vacuum. A company that entered the market in this period was Atkinson , with their undertype wagon design launched in 1916. In the immediate post war era, several manufacturers who had previously been producing overtypes switched their focus to undertypes, attempting to compete with Sentinel. Among these companies were Claytons and Garrett. In 1922 Foden began producing

2009-486: The weather. By around 1910 such features were more common, but the cabs were still open at the sides and front. As speeds increased, in the early 1920s companies began to fit glazed windscreens to provide more protection, and the final designs of steam wagon from the late 1920s and 1930s typically included fully glazed cabs with side windows. Following a relaxation in the legislation covering the use of steam-powered vehicles on common roads, manufacturers started to investigate

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2058-474: The weight regulations of the period and allow a higher capacity, several companies had experimented with the idea of an articulated trailer . With the brake and tyre technology of the era, such designs were often found to be difficult to control, with a propensity for jackknifing . In 1926, Garrett produced a prototype rigid six wheeled wagon, which anticipated a change in regulation that came in August 1927 increasing

2107-678: The west. Since that beginning, the city became established as a regional transportation, economic, and agriculture hub for the three state area. Additional forms of transportation were important, including the steam wagon and the first locomotive engine of the Midland Pacific . J. Sterling Morton came to Nebraska City in 1855 to edit the Nebraska City News . Originally from Michigan , he and his wife Caroline were lovers of nature. Morton served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland ’s administration and in 1872 he

2156-462: Was a valiant attempt to maintain the steam wagon market. Despite this, in 1938, production ceased, except for 100 wagons produced in the early 1950s for the Argentine government, and a solitary wagon produced for the home market. Pat Kennett in his book The Foden Story says of the final years of steam wagon development: "The sight of a steam wagon travelling at speeds in the 40-50 mph bracket or higher

2205-478: Was devastating to the businesses of heavy hauliers and showmen, and precipitated the scrapping of many engines. There were almost 160 manufacturers of steam wagons. Many traction engine builders also built forms of steam lorry, but some firms specialised in them. John I. Thornycroft & Company was an established marine engineering company that successfully spawned the Steam Carriage and Wagon Company for

2254-432: Was instrumental in establishing the annual tree planting day, Arbor Day . Governor Robert Furnas of Nebraska issued the first Arbor Day Proclamation on March 31, 1874. The holiday is celebrated around the world. Nebraska City has its own hospital, St Marys Hospital. As the county seat, it has the courthouse and associated county offices . Nebraska City is located on the western bank of the Missouri River . According to

2303-425: Was introduced in 1933 in order to charge commercial motor vehicles more for the costs of maintaining the road system, and to do away with the perception that the free use of roads was subsidising the competitors of rail freight. The tax was payable by all road hauliers in proportion to the axle load; it was particularly damaging to steam propulsion, which was heavier than its petrol equivalent. Initially, imported oil

2352-400: Was particularly impressive, perhaps because one tended to associate this kind of machine with a more sedate pace altogether. Nevertheless anyone who has seen a Sentinel or a Foden undertype with a full load, bowling along in complete silence at that kind of speed is never likely to forget it and, to many steam men, those brief years at the end of the '20s and the beginning of the '30s represented

2401-551: Was taxed much more than British-produced coal, but in 1934 Oliver Stanley , the Minister for Transport , reduced taxes on fuel oils while raising the Road Fund charge on road locomotives to £100 a year, provoking protests by engine manufacturers, hauliers, showmen and the coal industry. This was at a time of high unemployment in the mining industry, when the steam haulage business represented a market of 950,000 tons of coal annually. The tax

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