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Latest revision as of 15:47, 19 November 2012
The Airdrie Iron Co of Standard Works, Airdrie were general engineers.
1860 Company established.
1869 Built first railway locomotive.
1905 Incorporated as a Limited Company. Manufacturers of colliery plant, pumps, air compressors, locomotives, tube-making machinery and general ironfoundry. Employees 250. [1]
1913 The works closed after building twenty to thirty locomotives.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- British Steam Locomotive Builders by James W. Lowe. Published in 1975. ISBN 0-905100-816