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2. John Fowler & Co. - Wikipedia

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   1916-built John Fowler & Co. 'K7' 12nhp ploughing engine, "Linkey" John Fowler & Co. steam roller of 1923 Fowler Tractor Fowler shunter, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Fowler shunter on South Devon Railway 18 in (457 mm) gauge locomotive built for the Suakin Expedition

3. Fowler Challenger III amphibious tractor - Wikipedia

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   Fowler Challenger III Crawler Tractor Mick Bell. A total of 13 tractors were constructed over a seven-year period from 1953 to 1960. The tractor is a highly modified version of the standard 95 bhp Fowler Challenger III diesel crawler tractor, manufactured by John Fowler & Co. of Leeds. [1] A prototype was trialled successfully at Aberystwyth in ...

4. John Fowler (agricultural engineer) - Wikipedia

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   John Fowler (11 July 1826 – 4 December 1864) was an English agricultural engineer who was a pioneer in the use of steam engines for ploughing and digging drainage channels. His inventions significantly reduced the cost of ploughing farmland, and also enabled the drainage of previously uncultivated land in many parts of the world.

5. List of traction engine manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   M Rumley Co., LaPorte, Indiana – later merged with the Advance Thresher Co. to create Advance-Rumely Thresher Co. Russell & Company (Steam Tractor), Massillon, Ohio (1848-1962) ~Ryan & McDonald, Waterloo, New York; Sawyer-Massey & Co. Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada after merger with Harris to form Massey-Harris later became Massey Ferguson

6. Traction engine - Wikipedia

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   Use of ploughing engines declined in the 1920s as internal combustion engine powered tractors took over. [25] John Fowler & Co. stopped producing of ploughing engines in 1935 . [23] Low prices in the aftermath of World War 2 resulted meant a few farmers purchased them and continued to use them into the 1950s. [25]

7. Marshall, Sons & Co. - Wikipedia

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   Before WW1 the workforce was over 4000, but by the mid 1930s this had fallen to less than 1000, and in October 1935 Thomas W. Ward Ltd purchased the entire assets of Marshall, Sons & Co Ltd. [2] In January 1947 it was reported that Marshall had acquired John Fowler and Company (Leeds) Ltd. which was of similar size and had a highly mechanised ...