Ruston (engine builder)
Ruston was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England, the company's history going back to 1840. The company is best known as a manufacturer of narrow and standard gauge diesel locomotives and also of steam shovels.
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| Industry | Engineering |
| Fate | Merger |
| Predecessor | Proctor and Burton |
| Successor | Ruston & Hornsby |
| Founded | 1857 (1840) |
| Defunct | 1918 |
| Headquarters | Lincoln, England |
| Products | Engines, Locomotives, Steam Engines, Turbines |
| Subsidiaries | Ruston-Bucyrus |
Ruston (engine Builder) Media
- Ruston Hornsby 3hp type PB engine of 1935.JPG
A 3hp Ruston engine type PB of 1935
- Ruston and Hornsby steam tractor sn 115100 of 1922.JPG
Ruston & Hornsby traction engine of 1922 (ser.no.115100)
- Ruston & Hornsby 2hp portable 163844.jpg
Ruston & Hornsby 2 hp portable engine no. 163844 Tiny Imp at GDSF 2008
- RustonHornsby Threshing Mashine SN27894 Riga Open Air Museum 2008.JPG
Ruston & Hornsby threshing machine (left) 2nd half of the 19th century (SN 27894) at Riga open-air museum (Latvia)
- Talyllyn Railway Midlander No 5.jpg
Talyllyn Railway No. 5, built by Ruston & Hornsby in 1940
Rushton 2cyl gas engine, at Dareton, New South Wales (Wentworth Region). The coke gas producer is at left, that feeds the 2cylinder 128 horsepower (95 kW) engine with 6 ton flywheel. This ran the irrigation pump to draw water from the Murray River for the Coomealla Irrigation Area. It is now an exhibit in a park in the town.
Pelham Works, Lincoln next to the A15
Former site of Thorngate House in Lincoln, which was demolished in 2004 and redeveloped for residential use
