Govan Bar-Iron Works
From Graces Guide
of Glasgow
Iron Masters
1848 John Condie erected first patented steam hammer at Govan; they became popular with a number of companies in the area; he made further hammers at the Works.
1860 After Condie's death, the business passed to Allan C. Wylie. Wylie showed two examples at the 1862 London exhibition, made for him by John Musgrave and Sons of Bolton.[1]
1861 Ground boring and winding machine patented by John Paton (3) of Govan Bar Iron Works, described and illustrated [2]
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