Barrowfield Iron Works
of 100 Fordneuk Street, Glasgow
Established by R. Laidlaw and Son
Later became Laidlaw, Sons and Caine
1884 Name changed to Laidlaw, Sons and Caine Ltd.
1889 Incorporated as a limited company under the title of Barrowfield Iron Works Ltd.
1908 One of the contractors on the Kinning Park pumping station on the Glasgow South sewage scheme[1]
1911 Ironfounders for the Railways.[2]
1914 Gas engineers, ironfounders, iron and steel structural manufacturers. Specialities: all kinds of plant for gasworks, oilworks and blast furnace gases; cyanide plant; manufacture piers, buildings, roofing, cast and wrought iron and steel tanks for water, petroleum, tar etc. [3]
1922 David Laidlaw, Chairman of Directors; Peter Ewen, Manager and Secretary. Specialities: All kinds of Plant for Gasworks, Oilworks, and Blast Furnace Gases; Cyanide Plant. Also manufacture Piers, Buildings, Roofing, Cast and Wrought Iron and Steel Tanks for Water, Petroleum, Tar, &c.; Steel Riveted Pipes and Plain and Machine Castings of every description.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times , Dec 30, 1908
- ↑ Bradshaw’s Railway Manual 1911
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book