Tuxfords: Victorian Engineers of Boston

Tuxford and Sons were an amazing engineering firm. It was a small family business but it sold its engines and other products worldwide, and invented the steam thrashing sets that were used on British farms for a hundred years until combine harvesters took over about 1950. William Wedd Tuxford was a miller and with his sons developed the engineering side about 1837, which lasted until the last son died in 1885. Their markets included Australia, Cuba and Russia, and engines made by the firm are still displayed in museums in France, Sweden and the UK. A new book just published by the Heckington Windmill Trust details the history of this important firm.

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Lincoln Museum, 1 Danes Terrace, Lincoln, United Kingdom