Barford & Perkins Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Aveling & Barford Ltd
- Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd
- Queen Street Iron Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Grantham, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
- Peterborough, City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
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Mechanical engineering
Construction equipment production inc steam rollers
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Mechanical engineering
Engine & turbine production exc transport
Notes:
Established as blacksmiths in 1860. Manufactured at different times steam engines and agricultural and construction machinery including road rollers and mowers. 1919 merged with 13 other agricultural/construction engineering businesses to form Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd in which continued to trade separately. Following AGE collapsed in 1932, in 1934 merged with Aveling & Porter Ltd to form Aveling & Barford Ltd of Grantham, manufacturers, inter alia, of steam rollers. Frank Perkins, pioneering manufacturer of diesel engines in F Perkins Ltd, was a family member.
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Other Business Names:
- Aveling & Barford Ltd
- Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd
- Queen Street Iron Works
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Grantham, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England
- Peterborough, City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Agricultural, forestry & garden machinery, implements, etc, production
- Mechanical engineering Construction equipment production inc steam rollers
- Mechanical engineering Engine & turbine production exc transport