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Ruston (engine builder)

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Ruston, Proctor and Company
Company typeprivate
IndustryEngineering
PredecessorProctor and Burton
Founded1857 (1840)
Defunct1918
FateMerger
SuccessorRuston & Hornsby
HeadquartersLincoln, England
ProductsEngines, Locomotives, Steam Engines, Turbines
ParentEnglish Electric Edit this on Wikidata
SubsidiariesRuston-Bucyrus

Ruston was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England, the company's history going back to 1840. The company is best known as a manufacturer of narrow and standard gauge diesel locomotives and also of steam shovels.