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Ruston Proctor steam winch engine The firm was started as millwrights and implement manufacturers 'Burton & Proctor' by James Toyne Proctor and Theophilus Burton in Lincoln in 1840. Joseph Ruston became a partner in the company in 1857 by buying Burton's share and the company changed name to Ruston, Proctor & Co. and grew to become a major ...
A steamroller (or steam roller) is a form of road roller – a type of heavy construction machinery used for leveling surfaces, such as roads or airfields – that is powered by a steam engine. The leveling/flattening action is achieved through a combination of the size and weight of the vehicle and the rolls : the smooth wheels and the large ...
On 11 September 1918, Ruston, Proctor and Company merged with Richard Hornsby & Sons of Grantham to become Ruston and Hornsby Ltd (R&H). Hornsby was the world leader in heavy oil engines , having been building them since 1891, a full eight years before Rudolph Diesel 's engine was produced commercially.
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Ruston & Hornsby; Ruston, Proctor and Company; Clayton & Shuttleworth; William Foster & Co. John Fowler & Co. – taken over by Marshall; Aveling-Barford – Steam roller & road roller builders, later part-merged with Marshalls under British Leyland control. Leyland tractors – Later became Marshall Tractors in the old Marshall, Sons & Co. factory
Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works Ltd Built steam wagons from 1904 to 1908 [2] Brown & May, Devizes, Wiltshire [3] Charles Burrell & Sons, Thetford, Norfolk – (MERL database entry) Clayton & Shuttleworth, Lincoln – (MERL database entry) Edwin Foden, Sons & Co., Sandbach, Cheshire; Durham and North Yorkshire Steam Cultivation Company Ltd
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Ruston (engine builder) (or Ruston, Proctor and Company), railway locomotive and industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England Ruston & Hornsby , descendant of Ruston, Proctor & Co. Ruston-Bucyrus , manufacturer of steam shovels and cranes