Records of Constituent Firms

• Reference:GB 248 UGD 042/6
• Dates of Creation:1889-1968
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  TBC

• Scope and Content

  • Records of the Govan Ropeworks Co Ltd, rope makers, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, 1889-1967;
  • Records of Archibald Thomson Black & Co Ltd, wire rope manufacturers, Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland 1909-1965;
  • Records of the Gourock Ropeworks Export Co Ltd, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland 1903-1933;
  • Records of the Gourock-Bridport Ltd, rope makers and textile manufacturers, Montreal, Canada 1940-1968;
  • Records of the Greenock Ropework Co, rope makers, Whinhill, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland 1909-1939;
  • Records of the Gourock Ropes & Canvas (Africa) Ltd, rope makers and textile manufacturers, Johannesburg, South Africa 1909-1968;
  • Records of the Gourock Ropes and Canvass Co Ltd, rope makers and textile manufacturers, Australia (including Birkmyre Canvas Co (Pty) Ltd) 1931-1967;
  • Records of Birkmyre Brothers (Calcutta) Ltd, jute spinners, Calcutta, India 1910-1935;
  • Records of the Gourock Ropes & Canvas Ltd, rope and textile manufacturers, Wellington, New Zealand 1940-1963;
  • Records of the Gourock Ropes & Canvas Ltd, rope and textile manufacturers, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1939-1963;
  • Records of miscellaneous companies related to the Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, rope makers and textile manufacturers, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland 1934-1966;

• Other Finding Aids

  See also University of Glasgow Collections