Difference between revisions of "Grant, Ritchie and Co"
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The firm was formerly Grant Brothers. | The firm was formerly Grant Brothers. | ||
[[Thomas Maxwell Grant]] entered into partnership, and started the [[Townholm Engine Works]], Kilmarnock under the style of [[Grant, Ritchie and Co]] | |||
1879-1920 Built 45 railway locomotives. | 1879-1920 Built 45 railway locomotives. | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 22 September 2019
June 1888. Shears for cutting slabs at Clyde Bridge Steel Works, Rutherglen.
1888. Exhibit at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Grant, Ritchie and Co of Townholme Engine Works, Kilmarnock.
The firm was formerly Grant Brothers.
Thomas Maxwell Grant entered into partnership, and started the Townholm Engine Works, Kilmarnock under the style of Grant, Ritchie and Co
1879-1920 Built 45 railway locomotives.
1900 Supplied horizontal twin-cylinder, Cornish and drop-valve winding engine for Woodhorn Colliery. Listed as Grant and Ritchie.
1922 Colliery winding, hauling and pumping machinery, locomotive boilers, steelworks plant and general engineering.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816
- The Steam Engine in Industry by George Watkins in two volumes. Moorland Publishing. 1978/9. ISBN 0-903485-65-6
- Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10