Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,585 pages of information and 246,144 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.

City Line

From Graces Guide

of Bothwell Street, Glasgow

1892 The company was registered on 7 December. [1]

1901 the London, Liverpool and Ocean Shipping Co bought 50% of the shares of George Smith’s City Line with the remainder purchased by John Reeves Ellerman who directed the company. At the end of the year, a major restructuring of the group took place with all of Ellerman's various holdings being sold to the parent for additional shares.

1902 the name of the parent company was changed to Ellerman Lines Ltd.

See Ellerman's City Line

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Sources of Information

  1. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908