Records of Archibald Thomson Black & Co Ltd, wire rope manufacturers, Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 042/6/2
- Dates of Creation:1909-1965
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.6 metres
Scope and Content
- Financial records 1909-1943;
- Correspondence and plans regarding the Shettleston works, Glasgow 1938-1961;
- Output costs and correspondence 1945-1946;
- Works manual 1948-1949;
- Correspondence file 1962-1965;
- Notes on wire ropes n.d.
Administrative / Biographical History
John Black & Co, hemp rope makers, was established in 1843 in Stobcross, Glasgow, Scotland. By 1860, the firm was known as Black Renton & Co and around this time the company started to produce wire rope. By the 1890s the company had amalgamated with Archibald Thomson & Co, rope makes, Shettleston, Glasgow, and became known as Archibald Thomson Black & Co Ltd. The company was acquired by the Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland, in 1938 and by this time was specialising in the production of marine and mining rope. Trading as a subsidiary of the Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, new machinery was introduced to the plant yet major upgrading of the works did not happen until the late 1950s. The company became known as the Gourock Wire Rope Co Ltd in the early 1960s and was dissolved in 1985.
Sources: GB 248 UGD 42/11/4 The Gourock Ropeworks Co including The Govan Ropework Co Ltd memorandum re business (1927-1929); GB 248 UGD 42/11/8/3 The Gourock. Brochure (1954)
Arrangement
Generally arranged chronologically within record series.
Other Finding Aids
See also University of Glasgow Collections
Digital file level list available in searchroom
Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1717) and London (NRA10832)
Alternative Form Available
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Related Material
GB 0248 UGD 42 Records of Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd
The Gourock Ropeworks Co had a number of subsidiary companies whose records survive:
GB 0248 UGD 42/6/1 Records of Govan Ropeworks Co Ltd
GB 0248 UGD 42/6/3 Records of Gourock Ropeworks Export Co
GB 0248 UGD 42/6/4 Records of Gourock-Bridport Ltd, Montreal, Canada
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