William Ball and Son
From Graces Guide
William Ball and Son of Rothwell, Kettering. Based at The Royal Implements Works (Ball's Foundry)
See William Bell and his son William Ball (1804-1877)
1798 Company founded
1851 Exhibited a plough at the Great Exhibition
1870 Exhibited five specimens of their wagons and carts, a collection of their ploughs also their double furrow ploughs, scarifiers, etc
1876 Exhibitor at the Smithfield Club Show with wagons and carts [1]
1894 June. Royal Agricultural Society's Show. Hay Press (Kirby's patent).[2][3]
c.1900 Bought by the Burgess Group
1939 William Ball and Son Ltd, Rothwell.[4]
See Also
Loading...
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1876/12/15 p411
- ↑ The Engineer 1894/06/29 p562
- ↑ The Engineer 1894/07/06 p16
- ↑ Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Wednesday 01 March 1939