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'''Clifton and Baird''' of Mary Street, Johnstone were makers of machine tools. | '''Clifton and Baird''' of Mary Street, Johnstone were makers of machine tools. | ||
1908 Charles Henry Clifton withdrew from the firm of [[Clifton and Waddell]] and commenced in business with James Baird at the Empress Works as machine tool makers under the name of Clifton & Baird.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/12060/page/865</ref> | |||
1911 Clifton and Baird Limited, Empress Works, Johnstone, was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £15,000, to acquire the business hitherto carried on by Clifton & Baird, engineers.<ref>The Scotsman 25 November 1911</ref> | 1911 Clifton and Baird Limited, Empress Works, Johnstone, was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £15,000, to acquire the business hitherto carried on by Clifton & Baird, engineers.<ref>The Scotsman 25 November 1911</ref> | ||
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1968 Face milling machine.<ref>* [[The Engineer 1968/07/05]]</ref> | 1968 Face milling machine.<ref>* [[The Engineer 1968/07/05]]</ref> | ||
2002 The company went into liquidation.<ref>https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/E-25328-2432-82</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 17:11, 3 March 2023
Clifton and Baird of Mary Street, Johnstone were makers of machine tools.
1908 Charles Henry Clifton withdrew from the firm of Clifton and Waddell and commenced in business with James Baird at the Empress Works as machine tool makers under the name of Clifton & Baird.[1]
1911 Clifton and Baird Limited, Empress Works, Johnstone, was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £15,000, to acquire the business hitherto carried on by Clifton & Baird, engineers.[2]
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with a new machine for use in steel foundries for cutting off flush the risers or headers of castings.[3]
1968 Face milling machine.[4]
2002 The company went into liquidation.[5]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/12060/page/865
- ↑ The Scotsman 25 November 1911
- ↑ * The Engineer 1920/09/179
- ↑ * The Engineer 1968/07/05
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/E-25328-2432-82