Purpose Collection (page 4)

Ruston and Proctor General Purpose Engine
Unknown Ruston & Proctor General Purpose Engine Date: 1970s

Ruston and Proctor General Purpose Engine The Muddler
Ruston & Proctor SHS class General Purpose Engine, regn. BE 7438, number: 35501, The Muddler. Built in 1908, by Ruston, Proctor and Company of Lincoln, with a 8 Nhp single-cylinder engine. Date: 1970s

Aveling and Porter Road Roller EP 3696
Aveling & Porter E class Road Roller, regn. EP 3696, number: 11837. Built in 1927 by Aveling & Porter at Rochester, powered by a 6 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine

Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Gen. Purpose Engine Old Faithful
Ransomes Sims & Jefferies General Purpose Engine, regn. PU 4391, number: 35247, Old Faithful. Built in 1920 by Ransomes Sims & Jefferies at Ipswich, powered by an 6 Nhp compound steam engine

Clayton and Shuttleworth General Purpose Engine Lucy Ashton
Clayton and Shuttleworth General Purpose Engine, regn. CE 7943, number: 46059, Lucy Ashton Date: 1970s

Burrell General Purpose Engine AH5239
Burrell General Purpose Engine, regn. AH5239, number: 2479. Built in 1909 by Charles Burrell & Sons of Thetford, Norfolk, powered by a 8 Nhp single-crank compound steam engine. Date: 1970s

Marshall Convertible General Purpose Engine Lion BE9002
Marshall Convertible General Purpose Engine, regn. BE9002, number: 74871 Lion. Built in 1921 by Marshall, Sons & Co. with a 5 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s

Foster General Purpose Engine CT 3896
Foster General Purpose Engine. Regn. CT 3896, number: 3682. Built in 1908 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 7 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s

Burrell General Purpose Engine Century CF 3667
Burrell General Purpose Engine, regn. CF 3667, number: 748, Century. Built in 1877 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, in Norfolk, powered by an 8 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s

Ruston Hornsby General Purpose Engine Hildary DO 2953
Ruston Hornsby General Purpose Engine, regn. DO 2953, number: 115100, Hildary. Built in 1922 by Ruston and Hornsby Ltd (R&H) of Lincoln and Grantham, powered by a 7 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine

Ruston and Proctor General Purpose Engine Rusty AH 5654
Ruston & Proctor SH class General Purpose Engine, regn. AH 5654, number: 34987, Rusty. Built in 1908, by Ruston, Proctor and Company of Lincoln, with a 7 Nhp single-cylinder engine. Date: 1970s

Foden General Purpose Engine Victoria DJ 1142
Foden General Purpose Engine, regn. DJ 1142 number: 443, Victoria. Built in 1899 by Edwin Foden, Sons and Co of Elworth Works, Sandbach, powered by a 6 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s

Marshall Convertible General Purpose Engine BE9002
Marshall Convertible General Purpose Engine, regn. BE9002, number: 74871 Lion. Built in 1921 by Marshall, Sons & Co. with a 5 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s

Steam road rollers, traction engines and a Foden Wagon
Two Aveling and one Marshall road rollers, in company with two General Purpose Tractors and a Foden Steam Wagon Date: 1970s

General Purpose Tractor Date: 1960s

Marshall General Purpose Engine BT 6447
Marshall General Purpose Engine, regn. BT 6447, number: 76751. Built in 1923 by Marshall, Sons & Co. with a 7 Nhp single cylinder engine. Date: 1960s-1980s

Ransomes Sims & Jefferies General Purpose Engine Dreadnought
Ransomes Sims & Jefferies General Purpose Engine, regn. R6244, number: 27512, Dreadnought. Built in 1918 by Ransomes Sims & Jefferies at Ipswich, powered by an 8 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine

Garrett General Purpose Engine Pioneer (later Bruce) FX 8223
Garrett General Purpose Engine, regn. FX 8223, number: 28249, Pioneer (later Bruce ). Built in 1910 by Richard Garrett & Sons at Leiston in Suffolk, powered by a 7 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

Burrell General Purpose Engine Old Glory EB 3056
Burrell General Purpose Engine, regn. EB 3056, number: 2421 Old Glory. Built in 1901 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, powered by a 7 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1960s-1980s

Fowler General Purpose Engine MO 780
Fowler A9 class General Purpose Engine, regn. MO 780, number: 15710, Tommy at the 1956 Andover Steam Rally. Bult in 1922 by John Fowler & Co

Davey Paxman General Purpose Engine Victoria NK 967
Davey Paxman General Purpose Engine 13073, Victoria (aka Davey Crockett ). Built in 1907 by Davey, Paxman & Co. at Colchester, powered by a 7 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: circa 1956

Burrell General Purpose Engine CE7825
Burrell General Purpose Engine, regn. CE7825, number: 2536, Her Majesty. Built in 1902 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, in Norfolk, powered by an 6 Nhp single crank compound steam engine

Davey Paxman General Purpose Engine KE 2700
Davey Paxman General Purpose Engine, regn. KE 2700, number: 19412, Drumtochty. Built in 1916 by Davey, Paxman & Co. at Colchester, powered by a 7 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: circa 1956

Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine Fair Rosamund
Wallis & Steevens General Purpose Engine, regn. BL 4707, number: 7370, Fair Rosamund - Old Bill ). Built by Wallis & Steevens of Basingstoke in 1914, powered by a 6 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

Marshall General Purpose Engine
Unknown Marshall General Purpose Engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

In Hammersmith Road, West London situated the fourth of the series of Rowton Houses, a poor mens hotel, for sixpences per night. Photograph showing the courtyard where the lodgers can relax

New council houses - Cwmbach near Aberdare, Wales
New council houses built at the lower end of Cwmbach for Welsh miners and their families, near Aberdare, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales

HENRI IV GOES TO CHURCH
HENRI IV BAPTISED AS A CATHOLIC - To placate his opponents, Henri IV agrees to be baptised as a Catholic, and rides through the streets to Notre-Dame for that purpose Date: 1594

Fowell General Purpose Engine AH 5456
Fowell General Purpose Engine, regn, AH 5456, number 103, Cromwell. Built in1913 by Fowell & Co. at St. Ives, powered by an 8 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine

Aveling & Porter Tractor SM 6448
Aveling & Porter Tractor, regn. SM 6448, number 11839, Oberon. Built by Aveling and Porter in 1927, powered by a 4 Nhp compound steam engine

Burrell General Purpose Engine NO106
Burrell General Purpose Engine, regn. NO106, number 2948, Dreadnought. Built in 1927 by Charles Burrell & Sons at Thetford, in Norfolk, powered by an 8 Nhp single cylinder steam engine

Foster General Purpose Engine DO2003
Foster General Purpose Engine, regn. DO2003 number 2127, Jumbo the 4th. Built in 1898 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 8 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Foster General Purpose Engine DO1945
Foster General Purpose Engine, regn. DO1945 number 2163, Master Fred. Built in 1896 by William Foster & Co. in Lincoln, powered by a 8 Nhp single cylinder steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Marshall General Purpose Engine BD5414
Marshall General Purpose Engine, regn. BD5414, number 43560 Winifred. Built in 1905 by Marshall, Sons & Co. with a 6 Nhp compound engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Allchin General Purpose Engine DD2006
Allchin General Purpose Engine, regn. DD2006, number 1458, Jane. Built by Wm. Allchin Ltd in 1909, poered by a 6 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Scale working model General Purpose Engine towing a trailer, on parade in town. Date: 1970s-1980s

Fowler General Purpose Engine, NM219
Fowler General Purpose Engine, regn. NM219, number 11357. Built in 1908 by John Fowler & Co.. Seen on parade in town. Date: 1970s-1980s

Ruston Proctor General Purpose Engine BE7438
Ruston Proctor General Purpose Engine, regn. BE7438, number 35501, The Muddler. Built by Ruston, Proctor and Company in 1908, powered by an 8 Nhp single-cylinder steam engine. Seen on parade in town

Ruston Proctor General Purpose Engine SFE 519L
Ruston Proctor General Purpose Engine, SH Class, regn. SFE 519L, number 46596, Sylvie. Built in 1913, by Ruston, Proctor and Company, with a 5 Nhp single cylinder engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Marshall General Purpose Engine DO2056
Marshall General Purpose Engine, regn. DO2056, number 51025, Margaret. Built in 1908 by Marshall, Sons & Co. with a 7 Nhp single cylinder engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

Burrell General purpose Tarction engine TA369 Red Gauntlet
Burrell General purpose Traction engine TA369 Red Gauntlet (msn 3998), at the 1959 Andover Steam Rally. (Charles Burrell & Sons were builders of steam traction engines, agricultural machinery)

WW1 - Propaganda card - Liberty and Union - Now and Forever. Date: circa 1917

Silver Jubilee 1935 - Sunny Snaps
Sunny Snaps operated in a number of different locations (often on the south coast), taking walking pictures, which they would then sell to the subjects

Guys Hospital - Henriette Raphael Nurses Home. Henriette Raphael gave her name to the first purpose-built nurses home at Guys Hospital which opened in 1902 & was funded by donations from her husband

Franco-Italian Convention of 1902
French President Emile Francois Loubet (1838-1929) and the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy - a allegorical card showing the increased unity of purpose of the two nations

LCC-LFB Dual purpose pump escape at Southwark HQ
A Dennis pump ladder and crew. The Dennis pumps were introduced in 1934-5. This pump saw service in the Blitz and continued peacetime service until it was withdrawn in 1955

LCC-LFB A diesel AEC-Merryweather Dennis pump
Pictured at the Brigade Headquarters drill yard, Lambeth SE1, a dual purpose appliance which for some reason does not have any hosereels!

GLC-LFB - Dormitory of the new Barbican fire station
Opened in 1965, the Barbican fire station replaced the former Redcross Street and Bishopsgate fire stations. Seen here is the new purpose built dormitory

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