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Patent portable steam threshing engine by Richard Hornsby & Sons

Patent portable steam threshing engine by Richard Hornsby & Sons

1867
Diesel locomotive, number 187105

Diesel locomotive, number 187105

1937
Harry Sanders Archive

Harry Sanders Archive

1944
Photograph of cinema promotion

Photograph of cinema promotion

Unknown
Hornsby-Akroyd patent safety oil engine (2 1/2 bhp)

Hornsby-Akroyd patent safety oil engine (2 1/2 bhp)

1894-1918
Hornsby-Akroyd Oil Engine, 1893

Hornsby-Akroyd Oil Engine, 1893

1893
Patent portable steam threshing engine by Richard Hornsby & Sons

Patent portable steam threshing engine by Richard Hornsby & Sons

1867
Model, of Ruston and Hornsby 7 h.p. single cylinder traction engine

Model, of Ruston and Hornsby 7 h.p. single cylinder traction engine

1920
Horse-measuring stick by E. Newton, Grantham

Horse-measuring stick, 1720-1730

1720-1730
Hornsby reaper binding machine" type 14. Manufactured between 1897 and 1926.

Hornsby Type 14 Reaper Binding Machine

1897-1926
Model of a horizontal stationary steam engine, scale 1:4, of a type made in sizes up to 185 hp by R. Hornsby & Sons, Grantham, 1885.

Horizontal Steam Engine scale model

1885
Engine No. 1 in GNR livery at Grantham working original Flying Scotsman stock. Later print taken from original. 2.0866 x 3.2677 in.

Flying Scotsman original stock

1938
Black & white photograph of "Engine No. 1" in GNR livery at Grantham working original Flying Scotsman stock. Later print taken from original. 3.3465 x 2.3228 in.

Flying Scotsman original stock

1938
Rushes SD / 08/11/2005 / Filmed by Chris Hogg / View from trailing cab of GNER 225, up train Stoke Bank south of Grantham

Master MiniDV SD Rushes 'East Main Line, Stone Bank'

2005-11-08
Hornsby reaper binding machine" type 14. Manufactured between 1897 and 1926.

Horse Shafts for Hornsby Type 14 Reaper Binding Machine

1897-1926
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Bernard Knipe; railway clubs; BRSA; memories of individuals; first aid movement; changes in the railway industry; signalman; British Rail; retirement activity; charity work; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Grantham; Biggleswade; Retford; Sheffield; Poland

Knipe, Bernard

2006-01-18
[Long-service certificate presented to W.A. Gilbert by the Board of Directors of Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln and Grantham, for 50 years' service, 1908-1958. Bears decorative border incorporating armorial devices of Lincoln and Grantham and views of Lincoln cathedral and Grantham parish church]

Long-service certificate presented to W.A. Gilbert by the Board of Directors of Ruston & Hornsby Ltd

1958
Report by E. Butler, guard, relating to James Redford, driver of the engine bringing the mail van beyond the station. Dated 14th October 1842. Headed Lancaster.

Letter from station master to inspector's office

1842
Great Northern Railway letter regarding the speed of trains. Sent from C. W. Wood, the station master at Grantham Station, to Birch & Cook. Written in longhand on paper, and mounted on tracing paper.

Great Northern Railway letter regarding the speed of trains

1884