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'''Orwell Works, Ipswich. Agricultural Engineers'''. | '''Orwell Works, Ipswich. Agricultural Engineers'''. | ||
Revision as of 14:53, 9 December 2014
1860 portable engine at Marlborough Vintage Farm Machinery (NZ), believed to be the oldest surviving R&S engine in the world
1899. Biddle and Balk's removable tubes for boilers.
Orwell Works, Ipswich. Agricultural Engineers.
Genealogy of the Company
- 1785 Ransome and Co
- 1808 Ransome and Son
- 1818 Ransome and Sons
- 1825 James and Robert Ransome
- 1829 J. R. and A. Ransome
- 1836 Ransomes and May
- 1854 Ransomes and Sims
- 1869 Ransomes, Sims and Head
- 1880 Ransomes, Head and Jefferies
- 1884 Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies
General
1854 Ransomes and May became Ransomes and Sims when Charles May left the business and William Dillwyn Sims joined the company
1856 Robert Charles Ransome became a partner.
1864 John Head became a partner in the business.
1867 The Automation Push Reel Lawnmower was introduced.
1869 Ransomes and Sims became Ransomes, Sims and Head.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- For a comprehensive archive of the company see The Heavy Metal Archive.
‘Heavy Metal’ is an archive project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Road Locomotive Society and the University of Reading. The project started in January 2007 to encourage more people to use The Museum of English Rural Life's steam engine and farm machinery manufacturers’ archives and to make them more accessible.