Albion farm machinery

W.G.V. Balchin (Consultant Editor).  The Country Life Book of the Living History of England.  Country Life Books, 1981.

Harris, McGregor & Co. Ltd. was founded in Leigh in 1872.  The company was very successful making first mowing machines and later reapers and binders for grain harvest. Eventually the product line included all sorts of farm related machinery.

  It was bought in 1955 by David Brown Tractors Ltd. of Meltham, Huddersfield.  Under this new ownership, it became the third largest tractor manufacturer in Britain.  In 1979, David Brown was bought by Tenneco Inc. of Houston, Texas.  Harris, McGregor ultimately became Case. Production declined, however, and the company closed down in 1988.