A lot of pretty strange means of getting around have been invented over the years, with things like the steam-powered car, the hoverboard and amphibious bus all once promising to be the future of ...

The name daddy longlegs comes from their small form and long legs, while the name harvestman comes from the fact that they are often seen in large numbers around harvest time during the autumn months.

It was named ‘Pioneer’ but popularly known as ‘daddy long-legs’. Power was provided by an electricity cable mounted on tall poles along the shoreline, connected by trolley poles to motors ...