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 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Aveling Marshall

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of Gainsborough, maker of crawler tractors

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[1]. Presumably it was at this time that Aveling Marshall was formed as a subsidiary of Aveling Barford Holdings.

1979 Crawler tractor interests were sold to a local farmer, Charles Nickerson[2]. Company closed

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Sep 01, 1975
  2. The Times Nov 21, 1979