Dumbarton Rope Work Co (rope and sail manufacturers: fl.1877: Dumbarton, West Dumbartonshire, Scotland)

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.

From the guide to the Records of Dumbarton Rope Work Co, rope and sail manufacturers, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, 1862-1877, (Glasgow University Archive Services)