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Mackenzie and Moncur
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Mackenzie and Moncur Ltd, ironworkers of Edinburgh
Main works in Balcarres Street, Edinburgh. Also owned a foundry in Slateford Road. Agents in Glasgow And Edinburgh.
1890 The iron foundry was opened
Major glasshouse builders in Edinburgh specialising in large structures and mechanical systems (heating etc.) for hothouses. Contemporaries and rivals of Charles D. Young in Edinburgh. Range of products: Conservatories, hothouses, gates, fountains, garden chairs, iron cisterns, espaliers, summer houses, verandas, pavilions, wrought iron boilers & fittings, gratings, pipes, finials, crestings, radiators, domestic engineering appliances, iron stairs. Specialised in the manufacture of pavement 'lights' and municipal castings.
1894 Public company.
1961 Heating and electrical engineers, hothouse builders, ironfounders and oil burning apparatus installers. 400 employees. [1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Scottish Iron Work