Collection |
VFM (unaccessioned) General |
Description |
Dark green Lister, 2 horse power, 450 rpm, stationary engine - serial number 7070 - size J.
Manufactured by R.A. [Robert Ashton, known as Ashton] Lister & Co. Ltd, Dursley, England, who began in the town in 1867 and are still there in 2009, although on a much reduced scale.
Donor unknown, owned by Marlborough Vintage Farm Machinery Society.
This particular Lister engine has The Lister sign upside down on one side - it has been painted red to make it easy to see [see images 1, 2 and 7]. There were 20 made like this and the story goes that it was either done by accident by a worker on his first day, or on purpose by a disgruntled sacked worker on his last day. |
Object ID |
VFM0.800.0164 |
Object Name |
Engine |
Other # |
VFM534 |
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