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 174,136 pages of information and 250,321 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.

Oxford Steam Plough Co

From Graces Guide
1922.Motor Road Roller fitted with Scarifier.

of Cowley, Oxford.

Presumably successor to or subsidiary of Oxfordshire Steam Ploughing Co

1919 Introduced the Allen road scarifier, which took advantage of the weight of the road roller for re-surfacing roads.

1921 Exhibited a rebuilt engine for a road roller (as did Eddison's at the same exhibition)

1921 John Allen was governing director; George William Graham Allen and James John Cullimore Allen were managing directors.

1924 Name changed, presumably becoming John Allen and Sons (Oxford) Ltd.

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