The Ivel Agricultural Tractor
- Made:
- 1902; 1913-1920 in Biggleswade and Birmingham
- designer:
- Daniel Albone
- maker:
- Lodge Plugs Limited
Ivel agricultural tractor on three steel wheels (front single, with solid rubber tyre; rear, straked), designed by Daniel Alborne, and made by Ivel Agricultural Motors Limited, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, 1902, and two spark plugs by Lodge Sparking Plug Company Limited, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 1913-1920. Engine: 2-cylinder horizontally opposed petrol. Believed to be the first 'production' tractor built by Ivel, and the first British internal combustion engine powered light agricultural tractor.
Ivel agricultural tractor on three steel wheels (front single, with solid rubber tyre; rear, straked), by 'The Ivel Agricultural Motors Ltd.', Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, 1902. Engine: 2-cylinder horizontally opposed petrol. Believed to be the first 'production' tractor built by Ivel, and the first British internal combustion engined light agricultural tractor.
Details
- Category:
- Agricultural Engineering
- Object Number:
- 1920-130
- Materials:
- incomplete, steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (alloy), wood (unidentified) and paint
- Measurements:
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overall (approximate): 1350 mm x 1550 mm x 2700 mm, 1016.064 kg
- credit:
- Ivel Agricultural Motors Ltd.