Mechans
of Scotstoun Iron Works, Glasgow.
See Arthur Mechan and his son Henry Mechan
1862 Business established by Arthur Mechan
1904 The company was registered as a private company, Mechan and Sons Limited, with capital of £200,000, to carry on the business of engineers and contractors carried on at Scotstoun Ironworks.[1]
1915 Name changed.
1922 Directors: A. Mechan (Chairman), H. Mechan, S. Mechan and J. Y. Moyes (all Managing ). Manufactures.—Ships' telegraphs, doors, steel lifeboats, etc., riveted pipes, oil storage tanks nitrate and gold mining plants.
1921 Advertising mechanical telegraphs for ships. 'Over 12,000 vessels already fitted'.[2]
1930 Gas holders, gas plant, general engineering[3]
1937 General engineers and tank manufacturers.
1953 Company made public.
1954 Producing steel and aluminium alloy lifeboats.
1961 Operations fall in three groups:
- Marine: Ships Watertight doors, scuttles, hatches etc. Metal and fibreglass lifeboat launches etc.
- Pipework: Rivetted and welded piping etc.
- Platework: Constructional steelwork; storage tanks, pithead gear etc.
1963 'At Messrs MECHANS LTD. SCOTSTOUN, GLASGOW, W 4, IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF METAL WORKING MACHINERY, MACHINE TOOLS, WELDING PLANT, DERRICK AND MOBILE CRANES, WOODWORKING MACHINES, NEW AND USED SMALL TOOLS, CANTEEN AND OFFICE EQUIPMENT, &c. ....' A detailed list of the equipment followed.[4]
The Scotstoun works on South Street have been demolished and by 2017 the site was occupied by an asphalt mixing plant and a bus depot.[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- National Records of Scotland BT2/1981/5516
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- L.A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992)