Records of William Baird & Son Ltd, bridge engineers and structural steel erectors, Glasgow, Scotland
- Reference:GB 248 UGD 138
- Dates of Creation:1881-1980
- Name of Creator:
- Physical Description:1.6 metresThere are no physical characteristics or technical requirements that affect the use of this material.
Scope and Content
- Minutes 1925-1951
- Accounts 1910-1924
- Wages records 1910-1975
- Order books 1884-1980
- Correspondence 1907-1963
- Legal and financial papers 1909-1925
- Cost and estimate books 1928-1950
- Specification books 1898-1974
- Copyright and letters patent records 181-1912
- Enquiries, tenders and contracts 1910-1913
- Contract construction programmes 1928-1965
- Plans 1910-1950
- Photographs 1894-1974
- Reports and publicity material c1900-1964
Administrative / Biographical History
In the 1880s , a business was established to exploit William Baird's patents for lattice girders. Its Temple Iron Works were at Anniesland, Glasgow, and by 1910 the partners in this venture were William Mirrlees Baird and William Connal Warrand. The firm, known as William Baird & Son , gradually expanded into all kinds of structural iron and steel work, but specialised in the construction of bridges. In 1925 the business was incorporated as a limited company, William Baird & Son Ltd , and in 1981 it was liquidated.
Arrangement
This material has been arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by format and/or function. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.
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This material is original
Revised by Jenny Cooknell , Assistant Archivist, 22 July 1999
Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 29 April 2002
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