Ransomes & Rapier plc, railway plant, crane and excavator, and bridge and sluice manufacturers

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Date:	1869-2013
Places:	Ipswich, Suffolk
Functions, occupations and activities:	Building and construction > Constructional engineers \| Engineering: Mechanical > Construction machinery \| Engineering: Mechanical > Pumps, valves, compressors and hydraulic equipment \| Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C101306 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B15121 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1869-1986: corporate, accounting, order, technical, staff, publicity and other records	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HC 427	NRA 35179 Ransomes See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2	1870-1926: records incl Rapier family papers	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HB 439	NRA 7822 Suffolk RO misc
3	1899-1965: order books	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	HC 427	See Annual Return 2003
4	2013: CD Rom of colour images of interior and exterior views of men and plant (1980s)	Suffolk Archives - Ipswich	K897	See Annual Return 2013