page_title: Paxman (engines)
section_title: Davey Paxman
hierarchical_section_title: Paxman (engines) / History / Davey Paxman
caption_attribution_description: English: Davey Paxman steam engine at Depot Monumentenhalle of Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin. Inscription: DAVEY, PAXMAN &amp; Co Ltd 1921 ENGINEERS 20624 COLCHESTER, ENGLAND Deutsch: Davey Paxman Dampfmaschine im Depot Monumentenhalle des Deutschen Technikmuseums Berlin. Inschrift: DAVEY, PAXMAN &amp; Co Ltd 1921 ENGINEERS 20624 COLCHESTER, ENGLAND
context_page_description: Paxman is a major British brand of diesel engines. Ownership has changed on a number of occasions since the company's formation in 1865, and now the brand is owned by MAN SE, as part of MAN Diesel & Turbo. At its peak, the Paxman works covered 23 acres and employed over 2,000 people. Engine production is still primarily based at Paxman's Colchester works. Early Paxman diesel engines carried the name Paxman Ricardo.
context_section_description: Paxman was founded by James Noah Paxman, Henry and Charles Davey as Davey, Paxman & Davey, Engineers in 1865, later Davey, Paxman & Co. which became a limited company in 1898.  In 1920 the company became a member of the Agricultural & General Engineers Ltd (AGE) combine.  In 1932 AGE collapsed and Paxman emerged as Davey Paxman & Co (Colchester) Ltd.
  Davey, Paxman and Davey conducted business as general engineers and ironworkers. The company manufactured steam engines, boilers, agricultural machinery, and mill gearing.  By the early 1870s the company was supplying machinery to the Kimberley diamond mines in South Africa.
caption: Detail view of same portable engine, showing Paxman builder's plate (dated 1921) on the regulator handle support above the firebox.
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