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+ | Mr John Allen Of Oxford engineer and founder.jpg|Mr John Allen of Oxford engineer, inventor and the company founder |
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A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Model Range brochure.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Original Model Range Catalogue |
A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Model Range brochure.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Original Model Range Catalogue |
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A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Autogardeners.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Autogardeners Model Range |
A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Autogardeners.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Autogardeners Model Range |
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A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythe.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythe |
A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythe.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythe |
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A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythes model range.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythes Model Range |
A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythes model range.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythes Model Range |
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A 1950s Allen Of Oxford original Motorscythe.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythe for farming and gardening |
A 1950s Allen Of Oxford original Motorscythe.jpg|A 1950s Allen Of Oxford Motorscythe for farming and gardening |
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A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Manual Gardensweepers.jpg|A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Manual Gardensweepers Model Range |
A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Manual Gardensweepers.jpg|A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Manual Gardensweepers Model Range |
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A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Motorsickles.jpg|A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Motorsickles for farms and gardens |
A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Motorsickles.jpg|A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Motorsickles for farms and gardens |
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− | + | A 1900 view of the John Allen & Sons works at Oxford.jpg|A 1900s ALLEN Of Oxford Steam Roadrollers outside the Cowley factory |
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− | + | A 1920s ALLEN Of Oxford Steam Tractor.jpg|A 1910s ALLEN Of Oxford Steam Farmers Tractor |
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+ | A 1920s ALLEN Of Oxford Steam Roadroller outside the Cowley works.jpg|A 1920s ALLEN Steam Roadroller outside the Cowley factory |
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+ | A 1920s ALLEN Of Oxford Steam Roadroller.jpg|A 1920s ALLEN Of Oxford Steam Roadroller preserved |
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+ | A 1960s Foden Haulage unit with a Allen Trencher Diesel 1660.jpg|A 1960s Foden Haulage Rig carrying a ALLEN 1660 Trencher |
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+ | A 1950s ALLEN 1660 Superduty Trencher.JPG|A 1950s ALLEN Of Oxford Super Duty Trencher 1660 Petrol engined |
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+ | A 1960S ALLEN-FORDSON Trencher MK2.JPG|A 1960s ALLEN-FORDSON Landrainer Trencher MK1 |
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+ | A 1970s ALLEN-FORDSON Trencher MK3.JPG|A 1960s ALLEN-HOWARD-Fordson Drainage Machine MK1 |
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+ | A 1970s ALLEN-FORDSON Landrainer MK4.JPG|A 1970s ALLEN-FORDSON Landrainer Trencher MK3 |
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+ | A 1960s ALLEN-FORDSON Landrainer Trencher MK1.JPG|A 1970s ALLEN-FORDSON Landrainer Trencher MK4 |
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+ | A 1970s ALLEN-FORDSON Landrainer Trencher MK4.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN-FORDSON Landrainer Trencher MK4 |
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+ | A 1950s ALLEN K64 Superduty Shovel Diesel 4X2.jpg|A 1950s ALLEN K64 Superduty Shovel Diesel 4X2 |
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+ | A 1950s ALLEN Super Duty Shovel.JPG|A 1950s ALLEN SuperDuty Shovel Diesel 4X2 |
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+ | A 1950s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Hydraulic Diesel.jpg|A 1950s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel |
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+ | A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Mobile Crane model range.jpg|A 1960s ALLEN T642 Cranetruck 4X2 Diesel (Model T642 shown) |
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ALLEN T6 Cranetruck 4X2 owned by Sparrows.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T6 Cranetruck Diesel owned by Sparrows |
ALLEN T6 Cranetruck 4X2 owned by Sparrows.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T6 Cranetruck Diesel owned by Sparrows |
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+ | ALLEN Cranetrucks in Australia.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN Of Oxford Mobilecranes Imported to Australia |
+ | A 1960s Allen T10 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel 15T.jpg|A 1960s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Diesel 15T 6X4 |
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+ | A 1960s Allen T10 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel 15T in Oxford.jpg|A 1960s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck 15T 6X4 Diesel |
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+ | A 1970s ALLEN Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic H2264.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN Cranetruck Hydraulic M2264 6X4 Diesel |
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+ | ALLEN- GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN M2264 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
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+ | ALLEN T6 Cranetruck 4X2 Restored.jpg|Another restored 1970s ALLEN T6 Cranetruck Diesel 4X2 |
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ALLEN T6 Cranetruck 4X2 in a boatyard.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T6 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic in a boatyard |
ALLEN T6 Cranetruck 4X2 in a boatyard.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T6 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic in a boatyard |
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ALLEN-MICHIGAN Cranetruck 4X2.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN-MICHIGAN T6 Diesel Armycrane 4X2 |
ALLEN-MICHIGAN Cranetruck 4X2.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN-MICHIGAN T6 Diesel Armycrane 4X2 |
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− | ALLEN-MICHIGAN Mobilecrane Diesel.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN-MICHIGAN T6 Armycrane Diesel working |
+ | ALLEN-MICHIGAN Mobilecrane Diesel.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN-MICHIGAN T6 Armycrane Diesel working |
+ | A 1970s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Diesel 6X4.JPG|A 1970s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Diesel 6X4 |
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ALLEN T10 Cranetruck 6X4.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
ALLEN T10 Cranetruck 6X4.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
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+ | A 1960s Allen Of Oxford Cranetruck Hydraulic T664 Diesel 6X4.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN Of Oxford T664 Cranetruck Diesel 6X4 |
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ALLEN T6 Cranetruck 6X4 Preserved.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
ALLEN T6 Cranetruck 6X4 Preserved.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
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+ | ALLEN T6 Cranetruck 4X2 another one preserved and restored.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T10 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
+ | A 1970s ALLEN-GROVE T10 Cranetruck Diesel 6X4.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T10 6X4 Cranetruck Hydraulic Diesel |
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+ | A 1970s ALLEN T12 Cranetruck Diesel 6X4.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T12 Cranetruck 6X4 with Leyland Diesel engines |
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ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel working in a boatyard.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN T12 Cranetruck 6X4 working in a boatyard |
ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel working in a boatyard.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN T12 Cranetruck 6X4 working in a boatyard |
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ALLEN T12 Cranetruck 6X4 in Norfolk.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T12 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic in Norfolk in a boatyard |
ALLEN T12 Cranetruck 6X4 in Norfolk.jpg|A 1970s ALLEN T12 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic in Norfolk in a boatyard |
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+ | A 1970s ALLEN-GROVE HS1564 Cranetruck Hydraulic Diesel 6X4.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN-GROVE HS1564 Cranetruck Hydraulic Diesel 6X4 |
+ | ALLEN-GROVE H1564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel in England.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN-GROVE HS1564 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
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ALLEN-GROVE H1564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel in Australia.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS1564 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
ALLEN-GROVE H1564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel in Australia.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS1564 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 6X4 |
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ALLEN-GROVE H1564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN H1564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 6X4 |
ALLEN-GROVE H1564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN H1564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 6X4 |
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ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel in daily work.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic 6X4 TDI |
ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel in daily work.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic 6X4 TDI |
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ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel operating.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 6X4 |
ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel operating.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 6X4 |
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+ | ALLEN-GROVE H3064 30T Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN-GROVE HS3064 Army Cranetruck Hydraulic 6X4 |
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+ | A 1970s ALLEN H3064 Cranetruck Diesel 6X4.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN.GROVE HS3064 Cranetruck Diesel 6X4 |
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ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 6X4 |
ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 6X4 |
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ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel of the 1980s.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 6X4 |
ALLEN-GROVE H2564 Cranetruck 6X4 Diesel of the 1980s.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 6X4 |
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+ | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE Cranetruck.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN-GROVE HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic Diesel |
− | ALLEN T16 Cranetruck 8X4 of the 1980s.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN |
+ | ALLEN T16 Cranetruck 8X4 of the 1980s.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN H4064 TD Cranetruck Hydraulic 8X4 |
− | + | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE Cranetruck H4084.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN H4084 TDI Cranetruck Hydraulic 8X4 |
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− | + | A 1980s ALLEN H4064 Cranetruck Hydraulic Diesel.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN H4064 TDI Cranetruck Hydraulic 8X4 |
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+ | ALLEN T16 TDI Cranetruck 8X4.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN H4064 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 8X4 |
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+ | ALLEN T16 Cranetruck 8X4.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN H4064 Cranetruck Diesel Hydraulic 8X4 |
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+ | A 1980s ALLEN-GROVE TMS160 6X6 Cranetuck Diesel.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN-GROVE TMS160 TDI 6X4 Cranetruck Hydraulic |
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+ | A 1990s view of the GROVE-ALLEN Cowley factory.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN-GROVE TMS180 model being assembled at Cowley |
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+ | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE Cranetruck TMS180.jpg|A 1980s ALLEN-GROVE TMS180 Cranetruck Hydraulic TDI 8X4 |
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+ | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE Cranetruck HS Series.jpg|A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE HS2564 Cranetruck Hydraulic TD 6X4 |
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+ | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE Cranetruck Hydraulic HS Series.jpg|A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE HS2564 TDI Cranetruck Hydraulic |
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+ | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE Cranetruck HS Series in Malta.jpg|A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE HS2564 TDI Cranetruck Hydraulic 6X4 |
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+ | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE TMS180 Cranetruck Hydraulic.jpg|A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE TMS180 TDI 8X4 Cranetruck Hydraulic |
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+ | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE Cranetruck H40.jpg|A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE H40 TDI Cranetruck Hydraulic 8X4 |
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+ | A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE Cranetruck 25T.jpg|A 1990s ALLEN-GROVE H40 TDI Cranetruck Hydraulic 8X4 |
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Latest revision as of 00:26, 15 March 2020
JOHN ALLEN & SONS LIMITED
of Hockmore Street, Cowley, Oxford (later rename Between Towns Road).
COMPANY HISTORY
1868 Company founded - presumably Oxfordshire Steam Ploughing Co
At some point Oxfordshire Steam Ploughing Co established works at Dorchester in Dorset - see Eddison Steam Rolling Co. The business spread to other locations.
1887 A manager, John Allen, was brought to Oxford from the Dorchester works.
1897 John Allen bought the company for which he was manager; he concentrated the business on steam road-rolling rather than cultivation, which was a more lucrative business.
1904 ALLEN, John, The Elms, Offaly, Oxford. Cars: 10-h.p. Daimler, 16-h.p. de Dietrich. Has driven 30,000 miles. Hobby: Mechanics. Is proprietor of the Oxfordshire Steam Ploughing Co., and was for four years Chairman of the National Traction-engine Owners' Association. His eldest son, who is now thirteen, has driven the Daimler car since he was eleven-and-a-half years old. Clubs: Constitutional, Oxford Automobile, A.C.G. B. & I. (Founder member). [1]
1915 Private company. Perhaps Oxford Steam Plough Co
1924 Name changed - presumably John Allen and Sons (Oxford) Ltd. Offered the Allen road scarifier.
1948 Captain James John Cullimore Allen, governing director, was awarded OBE
1961 Agricultural mechanical, electrical and general engineers and public works contractors. 300 employees.
(From the Graces Guide webpages)
The company of John Allen of Oxford Ltd was originally established in 1874 as the Oxfordshire Steam Ploughing Company. John Allen takes over the firm in 1897. The Firm became John Allen & (Sons) Ltd in 1925. The firm was noted for manufacturing scarifiers for steam rollers and also re built engines. They built a few steam engines themselves and also fair ground rides. The firm was later known for the Allen Scythe, and building drainage machinery, before being taken over by Grove of America after a JV. By 1984 Grove Cranes had closed the Allen division down, after merging it with other UK operations & transferring production to Sunderland.
Development and later History
Timeline
- 1874 Oxfordshire Steam Company founded
- 1897 John Allen takes over.
- 1925 Company renamed John Allen & (Sons) Ltd
- 1950's/60's Produced a range of mobile cranes and rope operated excavators under licence from The Michigan Corp. of America, using British power units.
- 1950's/60's Produced a range of endless chain and bucket trench excavators to Parsons design,using British made engines.
- 1950's/60's produced the Allen Tractor Operated Shovel (ATOS), a tractor driven trailed hydraulic backhoe.
- ? Form Joint Venture with Grove of America
- 1984 Grove closes the Allen division down. Production had previously transferred to Sunderland ( The Coles Cranes manufacturing facility also owned by Grove)
Product range
- Boilers
- Scarifier
- Steam roller
- Allen Scythe
- Land Drainage machinery
- Allen Grader - trailed grader
- Rope operated excavators
- Mobile cranes
- Allen T6 Crane 3/8 cu. yd. truck-mount universal excavator /6ton crane with Leyland 350 or Dorman engine.
- Allen T10 Crane 1/2 cu. yd. truck-mount universal excavator /10 ton crane with Gardner 5LW and 4Lw engines.
- Allen H2564 Crane - Grove designed 25 ton Hydraulic mobile crane.Photo
- A.T.O.S hydraulic excavator
- Tractor-drawn and PTO, driven hydraulic backhoe.
- Bucket and chain trenchers
- Allen 16/60 crawler mounted, Gardner powered chain and bucket trencher.
- Allen 14/30 crawler mounted Gardner or Dorman powered.
- Allen 12/21 crawler mounted Gardner or Dorman powered.
Preservation
Examples of Allen Scarifier's on Steam rollers and a few Allen Scythes are on display at shows.
- Only one John Allen engine is listed in the Traction Engine Register, this being John Allen no. 67, a 12 ton ploughing engine built in 1913 preserved at the Hollycombe Steam collection in Hampshire.
ALLEN Of Oxford Original Model Range Photo Gallery
See also
References / sources
External links
- add relevant ext links to items featuring Allen of Oxford
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/
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