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RUSTON PAXMAN DIESELS LTD

Catalogue reference: TR RPD

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This record is about the RUSTON PAXMAN DIESELS LTD dating from 1880's -1930's.

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Reference
TR RPD
Title
RUSTON PAXMAN DIESELS LTD
Date
1880's -1930's
Description

Trade Literature of

R Hornsby & Sons Ltd 1881-1913

Ruston, Proctor & Co Ltd 1893-1918

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd 1919-1938

Note

List compiled May 1997

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Arrangement

R Hornsby & Sons Ltd

TR RPD/P2/A1-6 Advertising and Servicing Publications

TR RPD/PH2/1-6 Photographs

Ruston, Proctor & Co Ltd

TR RPD/AD2/1 Annual Reports

TR RPD/P2/A7-19 Advertising and Servicing Publications

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd

TR RPD/P2/A19-69 Advertising and Servicing Publications

Held by
Museum of English Rural Life
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Ruston Paxman Diesels Ltd, manufacturers of agricultural machinery</corpname>
Physical description
77 Documents.
Immediate source of acquisition

DX179

Records deposited in June 1970 as a gift by Ruston Paxman Diesels Ltd, Lincoln

Physical condition
Any item whose number is followed an 'X' eg 'TR RPD/AD2/1 X' is a photocopy
Administrative / biographical background

The firm R Hornsby & Sons Ltd was established in 1815 by Richard Hornsby (1790-1864). The origins of Ruston, Proctor & Co Ltd go back to 1840 when the firm of Burton & Proctor was founded. When John Ruston (1835-1897) joined in 1857 it became Ruston, Burton & Proctor and then in 1889 Ruston, Proctor & Co Ltd. In 1918 the two firms merged to form Ruston & Hornsby Ltd. They made a wide range of agricultural machinery and steam, oil and gas engines. For a time Ruston & Hornsby had a controlling interest in Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries Ltd. Ruston's later became English Electric Diesels, then Ruston Paxman Diesels and is currently Ruston Gas Turbines.

Record URL
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