Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

John Boyd and Co

From Graces Guide
John Boyd crane at the Teifi Valley Railway, Wales
John Boyd crane at the Teifi Valley Railway, Wales
Portsmouth Dockyard.
Portsmouth Dockyard.
Portsmouth Dockyard.
Portsmouth Dockyard.
Nameplate on railway turntable.

John Boyd & Co (Engineers), makers of dockside cranes, of Annan, Scotland

1966 Acquired by Wellman Engineering[1].

1969 Clarke, Chapman and Co took over the 3 heavy-crane making companies of Wellman Engineering Corporation with backing from the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation[2].

Later NEI Clarke Chapman Cranes Ltd ?

Clarke Chapman - John Thompson Ltd

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, 26 September 1966
  2. The Times, 4 March 1969