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A Boxpok is a type of Steam Locomotive Wheel where the wheel is cast rather than having Spoke s (the name is a variation on "box-spoke"). Being hollow, they allow better Counterbalancing than conventional drivers, which is important for fast locomotives. The Boxpok wheel was patented by General Steel Castings Corporation of Granite City , Illinois . The Bullied Firth Brown (BFB) wheels designed by Oliver Bullied and Firth Brown were a later variation though a separate patent where even lighter wheel was obtained by using a strengthened rim. |
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