Records of Dumbarton Rope Work Co, rope and sail manufacturers, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 070
- Dates of Creation:1862-1877
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- Physical Description:0.01 metre (2 items)There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material
Scope and Content
- Contract of copartnery: David Croll, Amsterdam, engineer, and John Hamilton, Broomielaw, rope and sail maker, John McAusland, engineer, William Denny, engineer and shipbuilder, Walter Brock, engineer and shipbuilder, Anthony Inglis, engineer and shipbuilder and John Inglis, engineer and shipbuilder, concerning the business of the rope and sail manufacturers firm of Hamilton & Co 1877
- Contract of copartnery: Peter Denny and John McAusland 1862
Administrative / Biographical History
In 1877 a group of shipbuilders and engineers, including Anthony and John Inglis, William Denny and David Croll of Amsterdam, Netherlands, took over the business of the Dumbarton rope and sail-maker John Hamilton, which had been known as Hamilton & Co . The new business was known as the Dumbarton Rope Work Co and its first manager was David Croll of Amsterdam.
Arrangement
The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received
Access Information
Open
Acquisition Information
Gift : 12 May 1963
Other Finding Aids
Digital file level list available in searchroom.
Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1771).
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Archivist's Note
Compiled by Jenny Cooknell , Assistant Archivist, 24 May 1999
Title and related units of description elements altered by Jenny Cooknell , Assistant Archivist, 3 September 1999
Updated by Lesley Richmond , Acting Director, 3 March 2000
Updated by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 28 February 2002
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Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents
Appraisal Information
This material has been appraised in line with normal procedures
Custodial History
Records deposited via the Business Archives Council of Scotland with the Economic History Department, Glasgow University, in 1963. Management of the collection transferred to Glasgow University Archives in 1975
Accruals
None expected
Related Material
GB 248 UGD 003 Records of William Denny & Brothers Ltd
GB 248 UGD 069 Records of A & J Inglis Ltd
See source list on Shipping and Shipbuilding Industry www.archives.gla.ac.uk/arcbrc/resource/lists/business/shipping.html
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