Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Charles Thomson

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Charles Thomson (c1848-1901) of William Dixon


1901 Obituary [1]

CHARLES THOMSON, of Calder and Govan Ironworks (William Dixon, Ltd.), died suddenly at his residence, Carfin House, on February 11, 1901, at the age of fifty-three. He went to Calder in 1873, and took an active part in the management of the great iron-smelting firm. He served his time as a mining engineer preparatory to this. He was a grand-nephew of William Dixon, of Govanhill, the founder of the firm.

He was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1894.


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