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[[Image:JD DM Whouse1.jpg|thumb|Westinghouse high speed steam engine with Garrett, Smith & Co nameplate at the [[Deutsches Museum]]]] | [[Image:JD DM Whouse1.jpg|thumb|1889 Westinghouse high speed steam engine with Garrett, Smith & Co nameplate at the [[Deutsches Museum]]]] | ||
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A German source states that Garrett, Smith & Co. was established at Buckau near Magdeburg by [[John Garrett|John Dunnel Garrett]] in 1861 as a branch of [[Richard Garrett and Sons|Garrett & Sons]], Leiston (England). It became Garrett Smith & Co in 1882, and was in business until 1905.<ref>[http://www.sudenburg-chronik.de/Industrie/GarrettSmithCo.htm] Sudenburg-Chronik website - 'Garrett Smith & Co, Lokomobil- und Landmaschinenfabrik'</ref>. Another source – the website of The Long Shop Museum – states that after a serious falling-out between John and his father and brother (Richard IV), John withdrew from the business in 1860 and went to Magdeburg, setting up a similar business there<ref>[http://www.longshopmuseum.co.uk/288/] Long Shop Museum website</ref>. Another source<ref>'Garretts of Leiston' by R A Whitehead, Percival & Marshall, 1964)</ref> says that John disagreed with his brother Richard over whether to manufacture in Germany or to export products there, so John Garrett 'removed himself to Germany where he established a works at Magdeburg manufacturing the same products as Leiston.' | A German source states that Garrett, Smith & Co. was established at Buckau near Magdeburg by [[John Garrett|John Dunnel Garrett]] in 1861 as a branch of [[Richard Garrett and Sons|Garrett & Sons]], Leiston (England). It became Garrett Smith & Co in 1882, and was in business until 1905.<ref>[http://www.sudenburg-chronik.de/Industrie/GarrettSmithCo.htm] Sudenburg-Chronik website - 'Garrett Smith & Co, Lokomobil- und Landmaschinenfabrik'</ref>. Another source – the website of [[Long Shop Steam Museum|The Long Shop Museum]] – states that after a serious falling-out between John and his father and brother (Richard IV), John withdrew from the business in 1860 and went to Magdeburg, setting up a similar business there<ref>[http://www.longshopmuseum.co.uk/288/] Long Shop Museum website</ref>. Another source<ref>'Garretts of Leiston' by R A Whitehead, Percival & Marshall, 1964)</ref> says that John disagreed with his brother Richard over whether to manufacture in Germany or to export products there, so John Garrett 'removed himself to Germany where he established a works at Magdeburg manufacturing the same products as Leiston.' | ||
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of Magdeburg, Germany
A German source states that Garrett, Smith & Co. was established at Buckau near Magdeburg by John Dunnel Garrett in 1861 as a branch of Garrett & Sons, Leiston (England). It became Garrett Smith & Co in 1882, and was in business until 1905.[1]. Another source – the website of The Long Shop Museum – states that after a serious falling-out between John and his father and brother (Richard IV), John withdrew from the business in 1860 and went to Magdeburg, setting up a similar business there[2]. Another source[3] says that John disagreed with his brother Richard over whether to manufacture in Germany or to export products there, so John Garrett 'removed himself to Germany where he established a works at Magdeburg manufacturing the same products as Leiston.'