Records of Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, minutes, Articles of Association, and titles 1774-1967

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Records of Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, minutes, Articles of Association, and titles 1774-1967

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Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, 1903-2002,

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New Lanark Mills, 1874-1903,

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Gourock Ropeworks Co 1736-1903

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Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd (rope makers and textile manufacturers : 1903- : Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire)

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The Port Glasgow Rope & Duct Cowas founded in 1736 in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland. In 1797 it merged with the Gourock Ropework Co (founded 1777) to form the Gourock Ropework Co The company enjoyed a world-wide reputation in the manufacture of ropes, canvas and sailcloth. By the late nineteenth century the company was under the control of Henry Birkmyre (1832-1900) and his brother, John (1834-1910), who had become partners in the firm in 1853. Their father, William Birkmyr...