Ruston, Proctor and Company
- Ruston, Proctor and Company
Ruston, Proctor and Company was established in Lincoln, England in 1857, and were manufactures of steam tractors and engines. They later became Rustons & then Ruston & Hornsby.
History
The firm started as millwrights and implement manufacturers' Burton & Proctor' in Lincoln in 1840. Robert Ruston became a partner in the company in 1857, and the company changed name to Ruston, Proctor & Co. and grew into become a major agricultural engineering based firm.
In 1918 they firm merged with the established Richard Hornsby & Sons company, from Grantham, Lincolnshire .
Rustons were primarily steam engineers. Portable, stationary and traction engines, boilers, and associated engineering products, such as winding gear, shafts and pulleys. Threshing machines, clover hullers, corn mills, maize shellers and pumps for steam power were also made. As well as engines for agriculture machines Rustons made railway locomotives and industrial equipment as well as mining machinery. The company also expanded into electrical and diesel engineering.
The firn were one of the first to manufacture steam powered excavating machinery – in the 1880s producing the "Dunbar & Ruston’s" steam navvy excavator. [Lincolns Excavators-The Ruston Years 1875-1930, by Peter Robinson, ISBN 1-871565-42-1] These 2 cuyd machines were used in the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. In 1906 they built the "Ruston Light steam Shovel", amd exhibited it at the "Royal Agricultural Show" of 1907 held in Licoln. The machine being of 3/4 cuyd capacity.
The firm later became Ruston-Bucyrus.
Preserved machines
* Ruston Proctor reg No.CT3949 traction engine no.33189. [http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/
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ee also
* Ruston
* Ruston & Hornsby
* Ruston (engine builder)
References
* [http://www.reading.ac.uk/merl/nof/victorianfarming/show.php Merl Data base of companies]
External links
* [http://www.oldengine.org/members/ruston/History1.htm Ruston & Hornsby History]
* [http://tractors.wikia.com/wiki/Ruston%2C_Proctor_and_Company Tractor Wiki]
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