Smith Brothers and Co (of Glasgow)
of Kingston Engine Works, 71 Milnpark Street, Kinning Park, Glasgow
Agricultural Implement Manufacturers.
Machine makers and millwrights.
1856 A Highland Agricultural Society Show commendendation was awarded to Smith Brothers & Co., Glasgow, for a steam engine[1]
"Kingston Engine Works were built for Smith Bros, Engineers & Ironfounders, founded 1866. The building is classical red and yellow brick, round-headed windows, large elliptical door, cylindrical iron columns, open brick arcade to erecting shop, travelling crane."[2]
1870 Constructed a new type of governor designed by James Weir
1887 Brief description and engraving of vertical bending rolls for cold rolling steel plates up to 11ft. wide by 1 1/2 in. thick. [3]
1890s Had supplied powerful rolling machine to J. I. Thornycroft and Co for bending boiler shells[4]
1900 of Kingston Engine Works.
1925 Supplied large planing machine to Dorman Long
See Also
Sources of Information
- [3] Canmore