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Harry Ferguson SELF-GUIDED TOUR Legacy TRAIL & MAP Following the Footsteps of the Truly Remarkable Engineer and Inventor Harry Ferguson Harry Ferguson SELF-GUIDED TOUR Legacy TRAIL & MAP Following the footsteps of the truly remarkable engineer and inventor Harry Ferguson harryfergusonlegacy.com www.visitlisburncastlereagh.com WELCOME Welcome to a self-guided trail dedicated to the life of Henry George ‘Harry’ Ferguson. B orn in 1884, he was an Irish engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the developm ent of the m odern agricultural tractor, for becoming the fi rst Irishman SAT to build and fl y his own aeroplane and NAV for developing the fi rst four-wheel drive Form ula One car, the Ferguson P99. 54.511685 -6.035158 PLACES OF INTEREST LAGAN VALLEY ISLAND, LISBURN 3 LAGAN VALLEY ISLAND 14 15 LOCATION MAP The Lagan Valley has a long association For more information contact: w ith engineering and technological Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn BT27 4RL 4 HILLSBOROUGH VILLAGE FOREST AND 16 BROOKHALL HISTORICAL FARM , LISBURN innovation. A num ber of local Tel: 028 9250 9292 PLANE SCULPTURE personalities have m ade outstanding Email: [email protected]. 17 NEW CASTLE, COUNTY DOW N contributions to various aspects of uk 5 DRUM LOUGH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH this, not least Harry Ferguson, the main or visit: www.laganvalleyisland.co.uk 18 SHANKILL ROAD, BELFAST subject of this Trail and M ap booklet. 6 GROW ELL GOSPEL HALL 19 41 LITTLE DONEGALL STREET, BELFAST Lisburn being a historical focus of 7 THE FERGUSON HOM ESTEAD AND road, canal and rail transportation and M EM ORIAL GARDENS, GROW ELL 20 CHICHESTER STREET, BELFAST Harry’s contribution having been in the 8 21 MAY STREET, BELFAST fi eld of transportation and agricultural TESTING FIELD, GROW ELL engineering, it seem s appropriate that this com m em orative trail should begin 9 BALLYKEEL PUBLIC ELEM ENTARY 22 DONEGALL SQUARE EAST, BELFAST SCHOOL, HILLSBOROUGH at Lagan Valley Island, where a plaque 23 ULSTER FOLK AND TRANSPORT MUSEUM , at the entrance car park provides som e 10 WATSON’S SHOP, DROM ORE CULTRA introductory information. 11 DROM ORE VILLAGE 24 M AGILLIGAN Lagan Valley Island is a multi-purpose building and contains the Island Arts 12 ULSTER AVIATION COLLECTION, 25 NEW TOW NARDS C entre, which is open to the public. M AZE / LONG KESH There is also a theatre, conference 26 TULLYLAGAN MANOR HOUSE, centre and it is the civic headquarters for COOKSTOW N 13 REX MCCANDLESS HOM ESTEAD Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council. 27 THE ULSTER GRAND PRIX, DUNDROD 2 3 O n 17 Novem ber 1909, aviation pioneer he made a 130-yard fl ight on 31 December Harry Ferguson transported his fi rst 1909, thereby becoming the fi rst Irishman DRUMLOUGH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH and untried aeroplane which had been to design, build and fl y an aeroplane. The constructed in Belfast, by road to site of his fl ight is believed to Hillsborough, to the large park owned by be a fi eld known today as SAT Drumlough Presbyterian Church was Lord Downshire. Due in part to the diffi cult N ear M agennis, just to the NAV established in 1818 and features a terrain, initial fl ight trials carried out proved north east of the Agri-Food graveyard that contains the burial plot of unsuccessful; however, after modifying the and Biosciences Institute the Ferguson Family. Both Harry’s parents Farm . 54.459105 design and fi tting a more effi cient propeller, -6.082966 are buried here, however Harry and his w ife M aureen are not. Their rem ains were crem ated and scattered over their estate of Abbotswood, near Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotsw olds. Drumlough Public Elementary School existed on the site where the church hall stands today. Harry attended Drumlough Public Elementary School for a period betw een 1889 and 1899. He was expelled for a period of roughly seven months after an argum ent with the Headm aster. These months he spent at Ballykeel Public HILLSBOROUGH VILLAGE Elementary School. FOREST AND PLANE SCULPTURE SAT NAV A marble obelisk bearing a bronze plaque was erected to celebrate the centenary of 54.422057 Harry Ferguson’s fi rst successful fl ight. It -6.048355 is sited in the car park of Hillsborough Forest close to where the historic fl ight took place. The achieve- SAT ment is also marked by a half- NAV scale replica of the aircraft, in stainless steel, which was later erected half a mile away at the 54.458781 P antridge Link junction on the -6.099954 A1 dual carriageway. H illsborough was the closest village to Harry’s home and, to get to Belfast, he and his brother Joe would have caught the train there at the railway station on Culcavey Road. SAT NAV For further information please call at Hillsborough Visitor Information Centre, The Courthouse, The Square, 54.459105 Hillsborough, BT26 6AG or Tel: 028 9244 7640 -6.082966 4 5 GROWELL GOSPEL HALL SAT NAV The present Grow ell Hall was constructed 54.416068 in 1933. It was built on ground donated -6.029327 to the church by Harry’s father, James Ferguson, to replace a cottage that had once stood there. Jam es and Mary Ferguson were devout members of the Plymouth Brethren, a religious sect that had broken away from the A nglican Church. The hall was built for the congregation to m eet in after it grew beyond what members’ homes could hold. The Ferguson Family had a high reputation within their religious community, often inviting visiting preachers to stay in their hom e. Family life in the Ferguson household was dictated by the teachings of the Bible; this meant Harry grew up in a very stiff and restricting environm ent, one that he broke away from in later years. Harry never fully embraced the religious and strict lifestyle of his parents, but his upbringing did instil good self-discipline and a strong work ethic which enabled him to thrive in the business world. His regular disagreem ents w ith his father also m eant he developed THE FERGUSON HOMESTEAD AND SAT a greater certainty in NNAAVV his ow n judgem ent. MEMORIAL GARDENS, GROWELL 54.419557 -6.026033 The memorial garden is steeped in history This location is a perfect photo opportunity. and aptly set opposite the Ferguson It is the site where Harry grew up as a boy H om estead in the Tow nland of Grow ell, in a family of 11 children and is also where H illsborough. Here, a tim eline of inform ation he would have worked the farm with his boards retell the story of Harry’s fascinating father and tested som e of his ideas and life and show his many accomplishments in machinery. the areas of farm ing, m otoring and aviation. The gardens also feature a life-sized bronze The Ferguson Hom estead and M em orial statue of the m an him self, depicted leaning Gardens can be easily accessed from on a gate with a look of contem plation on H illsborough, Drom ara and Drom ore. his face, a look he no doubt would have worn many times during his life. Visit www.harryfergusonmemorial.com for more information. 6 7 BALLYKEEL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HILLSBOROUGH SAT NAV Harry attended Ballykeel Public Elementary later, tractors. 54.414978 S chool for a brief period after he was -6.032497 expelled from Drum lough for arguing with Ballykeel Public Elementary School once the Headm aster. The issue arose after stood opposite the Orange Hall on the Harry disagreed with the Headmaster who Dromore/Ballynahinch Road. Today not a he felt had wrongly punished a fellow pupil. single brick of the original building rem ains. For a tim e after its closure in 1939 it A lthough his tim e at this school was short, w as converted into a bungalow , but was it was a signifi cant event in his life. It was eventually demolished. one of the fi rst signs of Harry’s reputation for fairness and directness, som ething A new private residence inhabits the form er TESTING FIELD, GROWELL which he was well known for in future years site, opposite the Orange Hall. w hen he began to deal in autom obiles and In the early days of design Harry needed system with plough attached. somewhere suitable to test the three-point SAT linkage system and therefore to prove its Many other locations were used for NAV w orth before producing it for the open demonstrating and testing as Harry m arket. exhibited his machinery all over the country, but it was appropriate to have 54.409780 Harry acquired a diffi cult, steep, sloped actually tested his workmanship at Growell. -6.044342 and stony fi eld where a plough would have every obstacle in its path. The fi eld was an This device designed and m anufactured ideal testing site as it was just dow n the by Harry marked him in history forever and road from the Ferguson Hom estead, on the had an im pact across the world. D rom ore side. This particular fi eld would prove to be a challenge for any piece of machinery, however, it was no match for Harry’s Ferguson tractor and three-point linkage 8 9 WATSON’S SHOP, DROMORE This shop, located at 7 M eeting Street in Dromore, County Down, was the home of Harry’s wife to be, Maureen Watson. It was a grocers that Harry would have regularly visited during his days living at Growell. The building still stands but is currently occupied by Gamble’s Funeral Furnishers. After Maureen’s family had left the premises, it was occupied by a PHOTO SUPPLIED BY LINEN HALL LIBRARY greengrocer named Robert Watson who w as unrelated to her.
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