Bonar Long & Co. Ltd, electrical plant manufacturers, Dundee
- Reference:GB 254 MS 199
- Dates of Creation:1930s-1990s
- Name of Creator:
- Physical Description:17 boxes
Scope and Content
Minutes, correspondence, company records, financial papers, photographs, microfilm, cups.
Administrative / Biographical History
George Bonar, Managing Director of Low & Bonar, invited Tom Long, an electrical engineer, and his colleague, Henrik Rissik, to Dundee to launch their new company for manufacturing mercury arc rectifiers, transformers and electric arc welding equipment, at premises in part of the Baxter Brothers & Co. Ltd., Dundee factory, a subsidiary of Low and Bonar. The lease for the new company, Bonar Long & Co. Ltd, began in October 1936. In 1994 the company became part of ABB Power T&D Ltd, based in Aberdeen, maker of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment
Sources: http://www.scran.ac.uk and https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Bonar_Long_and_CoAccess Information
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Note
George Bonar, Managing Director of Low & Bonar, invited Tom Long, an electrical engineer, and his colleague, Henrik Rissik, to Dundee to launch their new company for manufacturing mercury arc rectifiers, transformers and electric arc welding equipment, at premises in part of the Baxter Brothers & Co. Ltd., Dundee factory, a subsidiary of Low and Bonar. The lease for the new company, Bonar Long & Co. Ltd, began in October 1936. In 1994 the company became part of ABB Power T&D Ltd, based in Aberdeen, maker of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment
Sources: http://www.scran.ac.uk and https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Bonar_Long_and_CoFurther records are available; please contact Archive staff for handlists of accessions
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
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Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Jennifer Johnstone, Assistant Archivist, December 2011 Updated by Kenneth Baxter, March 2014
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MS 199
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