Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,561 pages of information and 246,142 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Ruston-Bucyrus

From Graces Guide
1929. Model RB4. Exhibit at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
1930. Oil engine-driven excavator.
1931. A New Caterpillar Mounting for Excavators.
1931. 1/2 Cubic Yard Excavator.
1931. 160 bhp Oil driven drag line excavator.
1932. Oil Engine Excavator.
1933. 1.75 Cubic Yard Dragline Excavator.
1937. Model 17. Exhibit at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
1937. Model 17. Exhibit at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
1937.
1940. Makers No 5127.
1951.
1954. Excavator.
1954. Excavator.
Exhibit at Beamish Museum.
Racking or crowding gear on steam navvy at Beamish Museum
1957. Dragline. Model 54RB. Exhibit at the Snibston Discovery Museum.
1958.
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International(?) bulldozer with Ruston-Bucyrus blade operating gear at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.

Manufacturers of excavating and handling equipment, of Lincoln.

1929 Private company.

1930 The Bucyrus-Erie company of the USA joined with Ruston and Hornsby Ltd, the leading British maker of excavators, to form subsidiary Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd.

1961 Manufacturers of excavating and handling equipment. 2,600 employees. [1]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  • Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p624-5