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 162,238 pages of information and 244,492 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.

John Baird (2)

From Graces Guide

John Baird, of the Canal Basin Foundry, Glasgow (presumably Canal Basin Foundry Co)

c.1776 Born

1802 Started Shotts Iron Works; remained as managing partner for the next 40 years[1]

1803 Married Mary Murray at Shotts[2]

1841 John Baird 65, iron master, lived at Shotts Iron Works with Mary Baird 65, Charles S Baird 30, iron master, Miss Margue Baird 20[3]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1872/08/09
  2. BMD
  3. 1841 census