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1914 McKie and Baxter engine from SS Perth at Western Australian Maritime Museum. Denny Brothers were head contractors to the Western Australian government and subcontracted the hull build to A. E. Brown and Co, Fremantle.
McKie and Baxter of Copland Works, Glasgow.
c1896 Founded by James Archibald McKie and Peter MacLeod Baxter
1910 Made compound non-condensing engine, boiler and feathering paddle wheels for sternwheeler 'Etobe' for service in Northern Nigeria. Vessel built by Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co[1]
1925 See Aberconway for information on shipbuilding h.p produced in 1904 and 1925
1927 McKie and Baxter Limited was registered as a private company, with a capital of £40,000, to acquire the firm of the same name, engineers, boilermakers and shipbuilders of Govan[2]
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Sources of Information
- National Records of Scotland BT2/14487
- Directory of Shipowners, Shipbuilders and Marine Engineers 1955