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[[image:Im20110924Ber-Powell7.jpg|thumb| Potato Digger. Exhibit at the [[Bersham Heritage Centre]]. ]]
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Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.
Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.
Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.
Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.
Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.
Potato Digger. Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.
Potato Digger. (Detail). Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.
Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.
Exhibit at the Bersham Heritage Centre.


Exhibit at Ironbridge Gorge Museums.
Exhibit at Ironbridge Gorge Museums.
December 1908.
1919. 5 nhp. No. 19540.

Powell Brothers and Whitaker of Wrexham

1894 June. Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Eradicator. [1]

1900 June. Royal Agricultural Show at York. Showed a potato raiser. [2]

1914 Commenced producing an i/c engine but paused during WWI and re-commenced in 1918 [3]

Mid 1920s Experimented with the Powell motorcycle but without any great success

1927 Company went in to liquidation and the engine pattens were bought by Cudworth and Johnson

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer of 29th June 1894 p562
  2. ↑ The Engineer of 22nd June 1900 p650
  3. ↑ A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1996. ISBN 1 873098 37 5
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