Object number
81/146
Creator
Description
This is a Market Garden tractor with model number MG6. It was manufactured by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies of Ipswich some time after 1953. It is a crawler tractor, powered by a single cylinder 600cc, 7bhp petrol engine. The tractor was originally painted blue but was repainted green during its working life. It is equipped with a model C29 6-tined cultivating attachment mounted on the tool bar frame. It was used from new on the four acre market garden at Townlands Hospital, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, which was a former workhouse. It was last used circa 1975 when the market garden was grassed over.
Physical description
1 tractor: fair condition.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: Tractor // Accession number: 81/146 // Classification: Motive power: Ice // Negative number: // Acquisition method: Purchased // Acquired from, date: Berkshire Area Health Authority, Sept. 81 // Store: Exhib. // Condition: Fair // Recorder, date: RB 17/9/81 // Description: Market Garden tractor, model MG6. Manufactured by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies of Ipswich, post 1953. Crawler tractor powered by single cylinder 600cc petrol engine, 7b.h.p. Originally painted blue; repainted green during working life. Equipped with 6-tined cultivating attachment mounted on tool bar frame, model C29. // Dimensions: 2m 04 long x 96cm wide x 1m 03 high. Weight 13cwt. // Associated information: Used from new on the 4-acre market garden at Townlands Hospital, Henley (former workhouse). Last used c.1975 when market garden was grassed over. // References: TR RAN PN15977E.'
Production place
Ipswich
Production date
1953 - 1975
Object name
Material
Dimensions
- Length 2040 mm
- Width 960 mm
- Height 1030 mm
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