Marshall, Sons and Co
From Graces Guide
Marshall, Sons & Co. was a British machinery and Traction Engine manufacturer. Their company was at the Britannia Iron Works, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
Marshall's produced large numbers of steam traction engines, steam rollers and agricultural machinery of all types. Later production included diesel tractors such as the Field Marshall and Track Marshall.
- 1842 William Marshall originally an agent for William Fairbairn and Sons branched out on his own and purchased the defuncy engineering works of William Garland and son at Back Street Foundary in Gainsborough.
- 1849 Renamed as Britannia Ironworks and commenced production of raod setam engines
- 1857 His son James Marshall become a partner in the company
- 1861 His other son Henry Marshall became a partner in the business
- 1861 William Marshall died
- 1876 First traction engine produced
- 1929 It absorbed Clayton and Shuttleworth
- 1929 Became part of the Thomas W. Ward group
- 1947 Marshall, Sons and Co. Ltd. merged with John Fowler and Co (Leeds) Ltd in 1947 to form Marshall-Fowler Ltd. The factory in Gainsborough was derelict in the 1970s. There is now a supermarket standing on (part of) the former Britannia Iron Works site.
Marshall, Sons and Co. built the boiler for the Fairbarn steam crane which stands on the dockside in Bristol. The maker's plate reads "Marshall Sons & Co. Ltd., Engineers, Gainsboro, England, No.92766".