We Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore
There was an article in The Times today about the Panama Canal and how its water system needs to be made larger.
It got me thinking about draglines and one in particular; Big Geordie.
I found these two videos of Big Geordie on YouTube.
Big Geordie had been built in Ipswich by Ransomes & Rapier in the 1950s.
This video from the 1930s shows Ransomes and Rapier’s excavators of the period.
The Anonymous Widower 
Ransomes and Rapier was a first class engineering company. Alas it was bought out by someone who probably thought the land the factory was on was worth more for housing.
It was reported that the factory workers lost their jobs, share and pensions.
Ipswich lost a world leading industry.
Comment by Chris Reynell | December 17, 2023 |