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Description: | -Steam engine: Agricultural traction engine 'Suffolk Punch' No 33180 built in 1919. This engine is unique; it has a reversed boiler and its driving position is at the front. It was produced for direct ploughing.;Steam Road Roller 'Consuelo Allen' No 34265, 1923, built for export to Spain where it was used for road construction. Discovered derelict in a car park in Ibiza, the engine returned to Leiston in 1979.;Threshing drum made by Garretts in 1918 and used throughout its working life on the same farm at Wangford, Suffolk.;4CD Agricultural tractor 'Princess Marina' N032944, 1916 used for general agricultural work and threshing on the farm of Charles Abbott & Sons of Saxtead, Suffolk until the 1940's when it was bought and restored by Mr.Billy Jeanes of Wrentham, Suffolk;Garrett-Crawley Agrimotor 1926 (on loan from a private owner). In 1909, the Crawley Brothers of Saffron Walden came to Garretts with a proposal for a plough driven by an internal combustion engine. Garrett's were involved in making 3 prototypes, and also continued to supply Crawleys with parts when they set up their own factory. This machine is one of the last to be constructed before the factory closed in 1926."
The Long Shop Museum celebrates the remarkable achievement of the Garrett family of engineers. The first Richard Garrett moved to Leiston in 1778 to work as a bladesmith at a forge in what was then a small village. He took over the business and he and his son gradually built it up so that it was a thriving concern by the time the third Richard Garrett took over in 1826. By 1830, the works was employing 60 men and making a wide range of agricultural tools and machinery and domestic items. By 1851, Garrett's were employing 300 men, and the village of Leiston had been transformed into a small town. By the end of the century, 1,000 men were employed and 90% of production was going overseas. Times grew harder after the end of the 1914-1918 war, and the business gradually declined until it finally closed in 1980.
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Leiston
Suffolk United Kingdom,
IP16 4ES | Telephone: | 01728 832 189 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6230 | Go to resource |
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