L. R. Knapp and Co
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The Monarch Two Horse Corn Drill. Exhibit at Chiltern Open Air Museum.
The Monarch Two Horse Corn Drill. Exhibit at Chiltern Open Air Museum.
L. R. Knapp and Co of Thames Valley Iron Works, Faringdon, Berkshire and Clanfield, Oxon.
1745 Founded as wheelwrights and smiths and made wagons and agricultural implements
1890 Acquired a foundry
1894 June. Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Chaff Cutter, Pulper, Grist Mill and Elevator combined [1]
1919 Joined AGE - Agricultural and General Engineers[2]
1920 Manufacturers of Drills and Manure Distributors for attachment to Tractors.
1930 Self-lift tractor drill and improved manure spreader at the Smithfield Show [3]
1932 AGE was wound up
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 29th June 1894 p562
- ↑ The Times, May 11, 1920
- ↑ Engineering 1930/12/12