Engine

RONALDSON & TIPPETT 8 HP

Type

Object

Prefix

RT

Primary group

MACHINERY

Secondary group

Engines-internal combustion

Accession year

1965

Maker

Rnaldson& Tippett

Place manufactured

Ballarat, Victoria

Period / era

1920sT

Inscriptions & marks

S.N. 2343

Condition

Good

Importance

Local

How obtained

Donated

Item history

This engine was used by Jim Caldwell in the "Paisley" shearing shed at Borenore. the Ronaldson Tippett engine was one of the most popular Australian oil engines ever produced. By 1926 all 114 wheat silos inNSW were using Ronaldson Tippett engines to power their machinery.