of Walkinshaw Foundry, Johnstone, nr. Glasgow, maker of wood working machinery
1823 Business was established in Glasgow
1846 Moved to Walkinshaw Street; the works occupied about two acres
1847 Deal-sawing machine.[1]
1868 Patented cask-making machinery (see diagram)
1886 John McDowall and Sons (saw mill engineers), Walkinshaw Foundry, Paisley[2]
1895 Employed over 150 men.
1927 John McDowall and Sons Limited, engineers and contractors of 19 Walkinshaw Street, Johnstone, was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £20,000.[3]
1931 Following liquidation, a new company, John McDowall and Sons (Johnstone) Limited, was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £100, 'to acquire the goodwill and business papers in connection with John McDowall and Sons Limited, engineers, Walkinshaw Foundry, Johnstone, and to carry on the business of machine toolmakers, ironfounders, engineers, etc.'[4]
1985 This company was struck off and dissolved in 1985[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- National Records of Scotland BT2/14875