Ruston & Hornsby

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:category defunct company
British engineering company
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1966
gptkbp:founded 1918
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Lincoln,_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ruston & Hornsby
gptkbp:industry gptkb:agricultural_machinery
engineering
locomotive manufacturing
diesel engine manufacturing
gas turbine manufacturing
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:English_Electric
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Frank_Perkins
gptkbp:notableEvent major supplier of industrial engines
manufactured engines for World War II
gptkbp:notableProduct Ruston 12/14 diesel engine
Ruston 16/20 diesel engine
Ruston 48DS locomotive
Ruston 6VPH diesel engine
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:English_Electric
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Richard_Hornsby_&_Sons
Ruston, Proctor & Co.
gptkbp:product steam engines
gas turbines
locomotives
tractors
diesel engines
gptkbp:successor Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Matilda_II_tank
gptkb:Paxman
gptkb:Richard_Hornsby_&_Sons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7