Records of the Archibald Thomson Black & Co Ltd, wire rope manufacturers, Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland 1909-1965

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Records of the Archibald Thomson Black & Co Ltd, wire rope manufacturers, Shettleston, Glasgow, Scotland 1909-1965

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SNAC Resource ID: 6296719

Glasgow University Archive Service

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Gourock Ropeworks Co Ltd, 1903-2002,

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Archibald Thomson Black & Co Ltd (wire rope manufacturers: 1890s-1960s: Shettleston, Glasow, Scotland)

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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 ...

Archibald Thomson Black & Co Ltd 1890s-1960s

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