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Ruston & Hornsby

Ruston & Hornsby was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England founded in 1918. The company is best known as a manufacturer of narrow and standard gauge diesel locomotives and also of steam shovels. Other products included cars, steam locomotives and a range of internal combustion engines, and later gas turbines. It is now a subsidiary of…

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Founded
1918
Industry
Engineering
Headquarters
Waterside South, Lincoln, England
Fate
Purchased by English Electric
Parent
English Electric (1966–1968) GEC (1968–2003) Siemens (2003–)
Predecessor
Ruston, Proctor and Company

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Ruston & Hornsby

Diesels and gas turbines

Boilers

Energy schemes

Ownership and acquisitions

Economy of Lincoln

Manufacturing plants

Preserved locomotives

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Ruston & Hornsby

Nodes200
Edges199
Triples43
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.01
Components1

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Ruston & Hornsby

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related to External links · 19
Ruston & Hornsby → Archival, Archived, Diesel, Graces GuidesRuston, Heavy, Hornsby, Hornsby Archived, Hornsby Ltd, January, Loco Appeal, Newton-le-Willowshttp, RB10 Shovel1938 Ruston, RB22, Rouen, Ruston, Timeline, UK National Archives, Wayback MachineRay Hooley's, Wayback MachineVulcan Works
related to Diesels and gas turbines · 11
Ruston & Hornsby → Bob Feilden CBE, DLE, Dry Low Emission, Europe's, Gas, Hornsby, In, It, MW, Ruston, The
related to Preserved locomotives · 4
Ruston & Hornsby → Australia, Heritage, Hornsby, Ruston
Fate · 1
Ruston & Hornsby → Purchased by English Electric
Founded · 1
Ruston & Hornsby → 1918
Headquarters · 1
Ruston & Hornsby → Waterside South, Lincoln, England
Industry · 1
Ruston & Hornsby → Engineering
Parent · 1
Ruston & Hornsby → English Electric (1966–1968) GEC (1968–2003) Siemens (2003–)
Predecessor · 1
Ruston & Hornsby → Ruston, Proctor and Company
Products · 1
Ruston & Hornsby → Diesel engines, Locomotives, Steam engines, Gas turbines

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company gas ruston lincoln engines diesel turbines turbine built locomotives siemens gec electric hornsby steam english engine known first paxman

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ruston & HornsbyFatePurchased by English Electric1.00infobox
Ruston & HornsbyFounded19181.00infobox
Ruston & HornsbyHeadquartersWaterside South, Lincoln, England1.00infobox
Ruston & HornsbyIndustryEngineering1.00infobox
Ruston & HornsbyParentEnglish Electric (1966–1968) GEC (1968–2003) Siemens (2003–)1.00infobox
Ruston & HornsbyPredecessorRuston, Proctor and Company1.00infobox
Ruston & HornsbyProductsDiesel engines, Locomotives, Steam engines, Gas turbines1.00infobox
Ruston & HornsbySubsidiariesRuston-Bucyrus1.00infobox
Ruston & HornsbyTypePrivate1.00infobox
Ruston & Hornsbyrelated to Diesels and gas turbinesRuston0.60section
Ruston & Hornsbyrelated to Diesels and gas turbinesHornsby0.60section
Ruston & Hornsbyrelated to Diesels and gas turbinesThe0.60section

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