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 162,238 pages of information and 244,492 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 and Hornsby: Large Engines

From Graces Guide
1923. Type 9H. 52 hp. Exhibit at Internal Fire Museum of Power.
1923. 165 BHP Cold Start Engine.
1924. Cold starting engine.
1926. Model VC4. 120 bhp.
1927. Model 8HR.
December 1927.
1932. Type 2VXA. Serial No. 164590. Exhibit at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
1932. Ruston 4HR. 20 hp.
1932. Ruston 4HR. 20 hp.
1932.
1934. 5HR. 25 hp.
1940. 88hp.
1940. 88hp.
1943.
1954.
1956. Model 3HRO. 18 hp. No 390130.
March 1957.
Model 6H.
1960. Ruston 9X Class HR. 20,000cc. Exhibit at the Manoir de L'Automobile, Loheac.
1938. Size 6 Type XHR. 34 hp. Exhibit at Internal Fire Museum of Power.
Ruston 6CVB. Exhibit at Internal Fire Museum of Power.
Exhibit at Millicent Museum.
Size 6XHE. Exhibit at Millicent Museum.
Size 6XHE. (Detail). Exhibit at Millicent Museum.
Exhibit at Millicent Museum.

Note: This is a sub-section of Ruston and Hornsby

1930 Description and illustrations of a large 6-cylinder diesel engine driving a Mather and Platt DC generator, installed in the company's Grantham Works power house. 850 HP (1000 HP half hour rating), 250 rpm.[1]


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Sources of Information

  1. [1] The Engineer, 7 Feb 1930