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of Coatbridge
c.1860 Works opened
1868/70 Thomas Ellis opened the North British Iron Works
1879 Proprietor is Thomas Ellis; production on c.2000 tons of finished iron per month, chiefly in merchant bars and wire.
1912 One of the malleable iron and steel manufacturers amalgamated into Scottish Iron and Steel Co[1]
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