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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Engineering |
Founded | 1840 |
Defunct | 1934 |
Successor | Aveling-Barford |
Headquarters | , England |
Area served | International |
Products |
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Parent | Agricultural & General Engineers |
Barford & Perkins were road roller and agricultural machinery manufacturers in Peterborough, England. [1] The original business began in 1840. [2] Their machinery was distributed internationally.
In 1920 it joined the engineering combine Agricultural & General Engineers (AGE) [3] which failed in 1932. [4] Barford & Perkins relocated from Peterborough at the end of the 1920s into part of the Aveling & Porter works in Rochester. Both companies made road rollers but the ranges were complementary, the Barford rollers were petrol-powered —the engines were made by Peter Brotherhood— and smaller than Aveling's steam-powered rollers. [5]
At the instigation of chairman Edward Barford, Barford & Perkins's profitable business was bought from the AGE receiver along with Aveling & Porter with the support of Ruston & Hornsby, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies and RA Lister & Company. [5] [6]
Barford & Perkins and Aveling & Porter were combined in 1933 and moved to Grantham in 1934 and Aveling & Porter was renamed Aveling-Barford that same year. [7]
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