The river
Adamson
Adamson is a character in The Green Machines, a children's picture book series by David Woods. He is based on the Steam tug.
A stout little steam tug that chugs up and down the local river.
“Full steam ahead!”
Character card
- Best at
- Towing boats much bigger than itself
- Quirk
- Takes a long time to get up steam
- Usually causes
- Keeps everyone waiting on the quay
- Read-aloud voice
- Puffing, chuffing, cheerful
In the books
Dan Dan, George's grandad, is Adamson's engineer. In Denise's book the tug runs out of coal, and Denise brings a whole mountain of it to the boat yard.
Appears in
Which real vehicle is Adamson based on?
- Real vehicle
- Steam tug
- Era
- Steam age
- Country
- UK
- Did you know?
- Tugs are small but very powerful boats, built to tow and push much bigger ones.