James Abernethy and Co
of Ferryhill Foundry, Aberdeen
1806 Company established.
1854 Supplied the ironwork for the Deeside Railway Co's Park Bridge, Drumoak, which carries the C35K road over the River Dee, connecting the villages of Drumoak and Durris. It allowed residents from the south of the river to access the railway at Park Station on the north side of the river. Designed by James Willet.[1]
1865 Made a small cast iron lighthouse for Aberdeen harbour, and also a 'beautiful cast-iron bridge for the Duke of Portland. It is to be landed at Helmsdale, and goes, I believe, to somewhere about Berriedale'. The bridge had a span of 50 ft, rise of 8 ft, four ribs spaced at 5 ft 6 inch intervals, each rib made in three sections.[2]
1881 A large lathe made by James Abernethy for turning granite columns in Australia has been preserved near the Eurobodalla Historical Society in Campbell St., Moruya, NSW[3]
1914 Engineers, Ironfounders, Boilermakers. Specialities: Ironfounding; Marine, Colonial and General Engineering; Millwright and Boiler Making; Bridge and Structural Iron and Steel Work. Employees 300 to 400. [4]
1919 Funeral of James W. Abernethy[5]