Records of the Greenock Ropework Co, rope makers, Whinhill, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 042/6/5
- Dates of Creation:1909-1939
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.4 metres
Scope and Content
- Financial records 1909-1935;
- Whinhill records 1936-1939.
Administrative / Biographical History
The Greenock Ropeworks Ltd, Whinhill, Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, was founded in the early 20th century and was acquired by the Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, in 1936 and operated as a subsidiary of the Gourock company. The Greenock Ropeworks Ltd produced cotton fishing nets and manila trawl nets and by 1954 was a specialist unit for working in soft hemp. The company was dissolved in 1999.
Arrangement
Generally arranged chronologically within record series.
Other Finding Aids
See also University of Glasgow Collections
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Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1717) and London (NRA10832)
Alternative Form Available
No known copies
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 42/6/2 Records of Archibald Thomson Black & Co
GB 0248 UGD 42/6/3 Records of Gourock Ropeworks Export Co
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