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John Hastie and Co

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January 1866.
1878. Water-pressure engine.
January 1880.
1914. Hele-Shaw Martineau system of electric hydraulic steering gears.

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1907.

of Kilblain Engine Works, 16 Princes Street, Greenock

John Hastie and Co., steering gear and hoist manufacturers.

1843 Company founded.

1879 Manufacturer of hoist worked by variable water-pressure engine.

1898 John Hastie and Company Limited was registered, with capital of £15,000, to acquire the business of the same name carried on at Kilblain Engine Works, Greenock.[1]

1961 General engineers and manufacturers of ships' steering gears, telemotors and Hele-Shaw pumps. 650 employees. [2]

1972 The company, described as the world's biggest manufacturer of ships' steering gear, was taken over jointly by Lithgows Ltd and the Weir Group for a purchase price of about £250,000.[3]

1991 The company was dissolved.[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Glasgow Herald 14 May 1898
  2. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  3. ↑ Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
  4. ↑ National Records of Scotland BT2/1991/3858
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