To mark the 200th anniversary of The Westmorland Gazette in 2018, we are publishing a photograph from our archives on our website every day this year.

Today's photograph shows the use for the first time in Westmorland of a Roteho tractor at Lane End Farm, Levens, in 1945.

The machine was used to excavate for tile drainage or for water piping and at the time had the working capacity equivalence of more than 12 men.

You can see all of the archive photographs uploaded so far by going to http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/gazette_200th_anniversary/