Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Colonial Iron Works, Helen Street, Govan, Glasgow, engineers and shipbuilders
1881 John McNeil and Thomas Aitken, the works manager, established the firm of Messrs. Aitken, McNeil and Company.
1896 The business was taken over entirely by Mr. McNeil
1927 Continued under Mr McNeil's direction until his death.
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