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 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 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.

Gilroy, Sons and Co

From Graces Guide

of 1 Lochee Road, Dundee

1848 Company established under the style of Gilroy Brothers and Co.

1890 The company was registered on 25 April, to take over the business of firm of the same name, jute spinners and manufacturers. [1]

1914 Merchants, spinners and manufacturers of jute goods. Specialities: fine hessians and burlaps, floorcloth and linoleum foundations. Employees 2,200. [2]

1920 Acquired by Jute Industries.[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  2. 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  3. The Times, November 11, 1920