He gained sole control of Richard Garrett & Son engineering works in Leiston in Suffolk in 1836. He was an ambitious innovator and entrepreneur. He started the manufacture of portable steam engines; built the Long Shop – for flow-line manufacturing; was a prominent exhibitor at agricultural shows; took his entire workforce to the Great Exhibition in London, of which he was a guarantor; fought for the bringing of the railway to Leiston. Portrait image on the Long Shop Museum website. The museum is on part of the original works site in Leiston. As well as being named on the Richard Garrett Memorial in St Margaret's Parish Churchyard in Leiston, there is a memorial bust of Richard inside the church. There are six other Garrett family memorials inside the church, including the East Window.
He gained sole control of Richard Garrett & Son engineering works in Leiston in Suffolk in 1836. He was an ambitious innovator and entrepreneur. He started the manufacture of portable steam engines; built the Long Shop – for flow-line manufacturing; was a prominent exhibitor at agricultural shows; took his entire workforce to the Great Exhibition in London, of which he was a guarantor; fought for the bringing of the railway to Leiston. Portrait image on the Long Shop Museum website. The museum is on part of the original works site in Leiston. As well as being named on the Richard Garrett Memorial in St Margaret's Parish Churchyard in Leiston, there is a memorial bust of Richard inside the church. There are six other Garrett family memorials inside the church, including the East Window.
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