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Description: | Industrial History from local manufacturers was formed in the late 1970s and is now the most comprehensive of its kind consisting of the examples of output from Taskers as a general foundry including cast iron window frames, marker posts, milestone plaques, horticultural frames, animal feeding troughs and garden furniture ; Tools and equipment used in the Anna Valley works including hand tools, patterns, moulding boxes and moulding tools ; Production records and photographs of items (approx 1,000 items) ; General layout and parts drawings of products (approx 2,500 items) ; Printed sales brochures and catalogues relating to output, c.1850-1930 ; Horse-drawn and powered agricultural machinery, including ploughs, mills, saw benches, carts and wagons ; Steam-powered agricultural and road traction engines, from early portable engines to late steam-rollers, c.1875-1925 ; Steam engines for general industrial use ; Models of products, including cast iron bridges, agricultural engines and lorry trailer coupling.
The Thornycroft company, a major employer in Hampshire and a world leader in the design and construction of ships and commercial vehicles from 1896 to the early 1960s. The collection includes vehicles, machine tools and equipment, production records and photographs, printed sales brochures and handbooks, family archives and general business records relating to both the vehicles and ship-building divisions. The firm also built high-quality cars from 1903 to 1912. The transport collection also includes carts, wagons and bicycles especially horse-drawn carts and wagons manufactured by Hampshire firms, association with the county or typical of those used in the County; Hand carts and delivery vehicles used in Hampshire; Bicycles manufactured in Hampshire or typical of the type used in Hampshire There is a small collection of Public Service vehicles associated with Hampshire including Road Rollers and repair equipment, Fire Engines and equipment and an Ambulance. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Leisure park
Churchill Way Basingstoke Hampshire United Kingdom,
RG21 6YR | Telephone: | 01256 477766 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:4967 | Go to resource |
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