A 1911 steamroller which once levelled roads in Tipton has returned home to the Black Country after 104 years.

The steamroller, nicknamed Nelly by its current owners, is now on display at the Black Country Living Museum.

It was originally purchased by Tipton Council following a £438 loan from a merchant bank in London - nearly £50,000 in today’s money.

Weighing six tonnes, the steamroller gets approximately seven miles per tank of water and travels speeds of up to four miles an hour.

Powered by coal, to be driven economically the steamroller needs one person to steer, and one person to load coal and check water.

It has been lent to the museum by Carol Colvin, who purchased it on "the flip of a coin’" with her husband who has recently passed away.

Mrs Colvin said: "It was his pride and joy. My husband always had a passion for steam, and when he saw it he fell in love and we spent many hours talking it over.

"We couldn’t come to a decision, so in the end we flipped a coin and that was it.

"He would be very pleased that it’s now going to be exhibited at the museum and back near its home of Tipton.”

The museum has Nelly on loan for 18 months, during which funding is hoped to be sourced to both purchase and do some light restoration work to the steamroller.