He obtained a patent for iron roofing tiles in 1783, and another for tempered cast iron plough shares some 18 months later. The Quaker values of frugal living, avoiding debt and keeping regular accounts served him well when he set up one of the first brass and iron foundries in East Anglia near White-Friars Bridge, Norwich. The enterprise was started by Robert Ransome (1753–1830), who was born into a Quaker family in Norfolk, and became an apprentice to an ironmonger in Norwich. History 18th century Ransome Victory Plough, Monze, Zambia Ransomes' railway equipment business was hived off in 1869 with a different ownership as Ransomes & Rapier and based nearby at Waterside Ironworks. Their base, specially set up in 1845, was named Orwell Works. They manufactured aeroplanes during the First World War. Ransomes also manufactured Direct Current electric motors in a wide range of sizes, and electric forklift trucks and tractors. Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Limited was a major British agricultural machinery maker also producing a wide range of general engineering products in Ipswich, Suffolk including traction engines, trolleybuses, ploughs, lawn mowers, combine harvesters and other tilling equipment.
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