Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

H. V. McKay

From Graces Guide
1910s. 7hp. Exhibit at the Dave Lee Vintage Engine Collection.
1930s. Sun engine. Exhibit at the Dave Lee Vintage Engine Collection.
Victor engine. Exhibit at the Dave Lee Vintage Engine Collection.

H. V. McKay, Scott Engine Works, Anderson Road, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

1890s Founded by Hugh Victor McKay

1906 McKay moved his manufacturing operations from Ballarat to Braybrook Junction (later Sunshine) on the western outskirts of Melbourne.

1921 The company became H.V. McKay Pty Ltd.

1930 McKay merged with the Australian operations of the Canadian agricultural implement and tractor manufacturer Massey Harris, to become H.V. McKay Massey Harris Pty Ltd.

1955 The company was absorbed into the Massey-Ferguson global entity becoming Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Limited.

1992 Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd merged with the Australian distributor of the Japanese tractor manufacturer Iseki to become Massey Ferguson Iseki Australia Limited, which in turn become AGCO Australia Ltd in 1994.

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