BW153/19
R A Lister (Marine Sales) Limited
Date
1867-1986
Reference code
BW153/19
Administrative / Biographical history
Marine and mechanical engineering company founded by Robert Ashton Lister in 1867. It began building diesel engines at its site in Dursley, Gloucestershire in 1929 and was incorporated with Petters Ltd (Founded in 1893 as James B Petter & Sons from Yeovil, Somerset, started making oil engines in 1895. In 1911 became Petter Ltd.) to form Lister-Petter Ltd in 1986.