Ruston-Hornsby

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd was a British engineering company based in Lincoln, formed in September 1918 through the merger of two long-established firms, Ruston Proctor, founded in 1840, and Richard Hornsby, which dated back to 1815. Hornsby had built a reputation in the 1890s for its oil engines, one of which was used to light the Statue of Liberty, and the company had also produced early full-tracked vehicles that contributed…