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Ross and Duncan

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1880. Compound engines of the SS Macdonnell.
1885. Launch Engine with Bremners' Valve Gear.
January 1888. Triple expansion marine engines.
1891. Experimental (model) triple-expansion engine. See text
1893. 400-Horse Power Compound Mill Engine.
1900. Exhibit at Maritime Museum of Tasmania.
1901.

of Whitefield Works, Govan, Glasgow.

1875 Company established by Messrs Robert Duncan and Ross.

Took over the premises and business of an old firm of boilermakers in Hyde Park Street, Glasgow. With a staff of 12 men made marine engines and boilers.

1880 Ross left the partnership and went abroad

1886 Description and illustrations of engine for steam yacht 'Lily', built for Customs service of the Suez Canal. Fitted with Bremme valve gear. Ross & Duncan built the yacht and the machinery.[1]

1888 Glasgow Exhibition. Marine engine. [2]

1889 See 1889 Shipbuilding Statistics for detail of the marine engines produced

1891 Produced a working scale model of a triple expansion marine engine with Bremme valve gear for the instruction of the students of the Government Naval college at Etajima, Japan. The cylinders were 3 in., 5 in., and 8 in. in diameter,with a stroke of 6in. See illustration [3].

1896 Mentioned. Robert Duncan and Robert Rankin of Ross and Duncan.[4]

1914 Marine Engineers and Boilermakers. Employees 450 to 500. [5]

1922 Directors: Robert Duncan, Alfred E. Lonergan, James Gloag, James Rankin, Robert Rankin, Junr., William Morrison. Products.- Marine engines, boilers and accessories for home and export trade.

1925 See Aberconway for information on shipbuilding h.p produced in 1904 and 1925


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Engineering 1886/01/22
  2. ↑ The Engineer 1888/05/11 p377
  3. ↑ Engineering 1891/02/06
  4. ↑ Freeman's Journal - Monday 06 April 1896
  5. ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
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