Clayton & Shuttleworth

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Clayton & Shuttleworth were located at Stamp End Works, Lincoln. Established in 1842 when Nathaniel Clayton (1811-1890) formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Joseph Shuttleworth (1819-1883).


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[edit] History

In 1845 they built their first portable steam engine, and in 1849 their first threshing machine. These products became the mainstay of the firm’s business. Clayton & Shuttleworth became one of the leading manufacturers in the country at the time. They supplied steam engines and threshing machines to other manufacturers, as well as selling under their own name. In 1851 they sold more than 200 steam engines, boosted by the Great Exhibition. By 1857 they had produced a total of 2,400 steam engines, and by 1890 total output had reached 26,000 steam engines and 24,000 threshing machines.

In 1870 their workforce in Lincoln was 1200. The export trade was important to the firm. A branch in Vienna was established early on, and other branches followed at Pest, Prague, Cracow and Lemburg.

The firm became a limited company in 1901, and Alfred Shuttleworth (1843-1925), son of the founder, became chairman.

In the twentieth century Clayton & Shuttleworth for a short time manufactured tractors. In 1911 they built a 4 cylinder Oil engine, with car type radiator, sheet metal bonnet, and a cab roof. This was followed in 1916 by a 4 cylinder gas-kerosene engine crawler tractor ("Chain Rail"). This 40 hp. machine lasted till 1929. They also built an 100 hp. gun tractor similar to a Holt machine. They were the first British firm to make a combine harvester.

They failed in the depression of the 1930s, and were taken over by Marshalls of Gainsborough, for the combine harvester technology.

[edit] Steam Engines

A variety of different sized machines were built.

[edit] Tractor Models

1911 80-100 hp Oil Tractor - described as "The BEST Oil Tractor made"


[edit] See Also

[edit] Reference

  • MERL
  • Classic Tractors of the World; By Nick Baldwin

[edit] External Links

  • Tractor collectors Information [1]
  • Museum of English Rural Life MERL