RAILWAY INTEREST, A LOCOMOTIVE WORKS NUMBERPLATE FOR BECKETT & SONS LTD, 1945, NO.2072, BRISTOL
20th Century
Painted black with age-worn surface, rusting and remnants of old adhesive. Beckett & Sons were known builders of industrial locomotives and stationary engines. No. 2072 likely relates to a wartime or immediate post-war industrial order, possibly for a narrow gauge or private colliery railway. 39cm wide
Estimate: |
£200 - £300
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Hammer price:
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£140 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
This plate comes from a saddle tank engine, Ordered by the Ministry of supply at Ormiston. Later used by the Royal Ordinance factory at Sellafield then scrapped.