Airdrie Iron Co
From Graces Guide
1897. Exhibit at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life.
The Airdrie Iron Co of Standard Works, Airdrie were general engineers.
1860 Company established.
1869 Built first railway locomotive.
1905 Incorporated as a Limited Company. Manufacturers of colliery plant, pumps, air compressors, locomotives, tube-making machinery and general ironfoundry. Employees 250. [1]
1913 The works closed after building twenty to thirty locomotives.
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Sources of Information
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816