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Prototype Ransomes Electra electric lawnmower

Photograph entitled "Electric Motor Lawn Mower which is to be known as the Electra Mower" showing
the rather taller cable clearance mechanism which, no doubt, would have proved to be too unwieldy in
actual use by most operators.      There has also been a suggestion that some might have considered
this machine's cable clearance mechanism to look a bit absurd!       Photographs courtesy of Reading
University's Rural History Centre.  The above photograph is No.6266 of Ransomes' photographic album
Vol.14.4 of 1926/7 in the Centre's Ransomes' archive.

Photograph No. 6267 of Ransomes' photographic album, Vol.14.4 of 1926/7 in Reading University's
Rural History Centre Ransomes' archive, showing the prototype Electra unit with tall clearance arm

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