Scott Brothers (of Manchester)
of West Gorton, Manchester.
1870 J. T. and F. Scott supplied wire rope to a colliery in Belgium
1873 Wire rope manaufacturers
1875 Messrs. Scott Brothers' Wire and Hemp Rope Works, West Gorton, Manchester.
1875 Exhibition at the Pomona Gardens (Manchester): 'Stand 84, that of Scott Brothers, Knutsford Vale Works, West Gorton, Manchester, has a very fine display of wire and other ropes, some of them being specially adapted for mining purposes. We may say that so far as colliery steel ropes are concerned the firm have a character not only at home but abroad as well, second to none in the kingdom, and the fine samples exhibited cannot fail to enhance their reputation, if such is possible. Messrs. Scott are makers of brattice cloth, some specimens of which shown to us left nothing to be desired in that essential article for mining purposes; and the same may also be said with respect to the Patent Steel Galvanized Capstan Ropes, a speciality for which the Gorton firm has a high and deserved name.'[1]
1880 Partnership dissolved: 'Scott Brothers, wire drawers, galvanizers, rope makers and manufacturers, Nutsford Vale Wire Rope Works, West Gorton, near Manchester, and at Liverpool and Glasgow.'[2]
RE SCOTT BROTHERS, ENGINEERS AND WIRE ROPE MANUFACTURERS, IN BANKRUPTCY. SALE BY TENDER. The Whole MACHINERY, PLANT, and TOOLS of the Marine Engineering Business and the STOCK IN-TRADE of WIRE ROPES at 23 CROCKSTON STREET, PAISLEY ROAD, GLASGOW, will be Sold by Tender in One Lot as a going concern; or, if a sufficient offer for the whole is not obtained, in separate Lots as arranged per Inventory. The Machinery consists of Planing, Turning, and other necessary Tools for Manufacturing Marine Engines, is nearly new, of the highest class, by the best makers, and worthy the attention of those interested, while the Premises are moderately Rented, near the Harbour, and admirably suited to the business. .... Printed Forms of Tender, Copies Inventory, and the Conditions of Sale, and Orders to view may be had from the Trustee, Mr J. F. KELLAS JOHNSTONE, Chartered Accountant, 16 Kennedy Street, Manchester ; Messrs COBBETT, WALKER, & COBBETT, 61 Brown Street, Manchester; and Mr W. R. BUCHAN, Writer, 227 West George Street, Glasgow. ...'[3]
1881 Sale Notice: 'Re SCOTT BROTHERS, Wire Drawers and Wire Rope Manufacturers, Longsight.— Sale by Tender —The whole STOCK in TRADE of WIRE and WIRE ROPES at Nutsford Vale Works, Longsight, near Manchester, will be Sold by Tender, in several lots, .... [4]
1881 John Howard Scott, of Nutsford Vale, Longsight, near Manchester, and 33, Bath-street, Liverpool, both in the county of Lancaster, and also of Crookston-street, Paisley-road, in the city of Glasgow, Wire Rope Manufacturer and Engineer, trading as Scott Brothers, and residing at Nutsford Vale House, Nutsford Vale, Longsight aforesaid, a Bankrupt.[5]