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1947 '''Marshall, Sons and Co''' merged with [[John Fowler and Co]] Ltd; the 2 companies had major interests in diesel tractors<ref>The Times, Jan 02, 1947</ref>. Crawler tractor were produced as [[Marshall-Fowler]]<ref>The Times, Jan 13, 1948</ref> | 1947 '''Marshall, Sons and Co''' merged with [[John Fowler and Co]] Ltd; the 2 companies had major interests in diesel tractors<ref>The Times, Jan 02, 1947</ref>. Crawler tractor were produced as [[Marshall-Fowler]]<ref>The Times, Jan 13, 1948</ref> | ||
1948 The '''Marshall-Fowler V.F''' tractor was produced at Leeds | |||
By 1952 [[Thomas W. Ward]] were sole UK concessionaires for the tractors produced by the group<ref>The Times Jul 25, 1952</ref> | |||
1967 [[Thomas W. Ward]] acquired [[Marshall, Sons and Co]] | 1967 [[Thomas W. Ward]] acquired [[Marshall, Sons and Co]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:47, 5 November 2022
1947 Marshall, Sons and Co merged with John Fowler and Co Ltd; the 2 companies had major interests in diesel tractors[1]. Crawler tractor were produced as Marshall-Fowler[2]
1948 The Marshall-Fowler V.F tractor was produced at Leeds
By 1952 Thomas W. Ward were sole UK concessionaires for the tractors produced by the group[3]
1967 Thomas W. Ward acquired Marshall, Sons and Co
1969 Formed Marshall-Fowler tractor operation.
1973 Closure of the Marshall-Fowler works at Leeds making crawler tractors; the work would be moved to other plants in the Thomas W. Ward group[4]. Marshalls concentrated on their crawler production
1975 Wards decided to close the Marshall-Fowler operations at Gainsborough and Leeds
1975 British Leyland acquired the Marshall-Fowler tractor factory at Gainsborough; the factory would be used to expand the Aveling-Barford business making earth moving and road construction equipment. The Marshall-Fowler range of tractors would be rationalised[5] Presumably formed Aveling Marshall
1979 The crawler tractor interests were sold to a local farmer, Charles Nickerson[6]. Company closed
1981 Marshalls bought the BMC Leyland Tractors business. The machines were re-badged and the colour changed. Production ceased in 1991.