Ross and Duncan

1880. Compound engines of the SS Macdonnell.

1885. Launch Engine with Bremners' Valve Gear.

January 1888. Triple expansion marine engines.

1891. Experimental (model) triple-expansion engine. See text

1893. 400-Horse Power Compound Mill Engine.

1900. Exhibit at Maritime Museum of Tasmania.

1901.

of Whitefield Works, Govan, Glasgow.

1875 Company established by Messrs Robert Duncan and Ross.

Took over the premises and business of an old firm of boilermakers in Hyde Park Street, Glasgow. With a staff of 12 men made marine engines and boilers.

1880 Ross left the partnership and went abroad

1888 Glasgow Exhibition. Marine engine.

1889 See 1889 Shipbuilding Statistics for detail of the marine engines produced

1891 Produced a working scale model of a triple expansion marine engine with Bremme valve gear for the instruction of the students of the Government Naval college at Etajima, Japan. The cylinders were 3 in., 5 in., and 8 in. in diameter,with a stroke of 6in. See illustration .

1896 Mentioned. Robert Duncan and Robert Rankin of Ross and Duncan.

1914 Marine Engineers and Boilermakers. Employees 450 to 500.

1922 Directors: Robert Duncan, Alfred E. Lonergan, James Gloag, James Rankin, Robert Rankin, Junr., William Morrison. Products.- Marine engines, boilers and accessories for home and export trade.

1925 See Aberconway for information on shipbuilding h.p produced in 1904 and 1925

See Also

• 1873 Vienna Universal Exhibition
• 1882 North East Coast Exhibition
• 1889 Shipbuilding Statistics
• 1893 Chicago Exhibition: Catalogue: Group 69
• 1895 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
• 1912 Shipbuilding Engineering Returns
• 1914 Whitakers Red Book: B
• 1914 Whitakers Red Book: E
• 1914 Who's Who in Business: Company R
• 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company R
• Engineering 1882 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index
• Engineering 1884 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index
• Engineering 1892 Jan-Jun: Index: General Index
• Engineering 1893 Jul-Dec: Index: General Index
• Engineering 1900 Jul-Dec: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
• Engineering 1905 Jan-Jun: Index: Directory of Advertisers
• Engineering 1907 Jul-Dec: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
• Engineering 1914 Jan-Jun: Index: Addresses of Advertisers
• Harold Joseph Beckwith
• Harold Thomas Ellison
• James Blackwood Rodger
• James Johnston (1889-1949)
• John Maurice Ellison
• Peter MacLeod Baxter
• Robert Duncan (2)
• Robert Rankin (2)
• Robert Rankin (3)
• Rose and Duncan
• The Basic Industries of Great Britain by Aberconway: Chapter XVI
• The Engineer 1885/01/23
• The Engineer 1887/06/10
• The Engineer 1895/11/08
• The Engineer 1896/04/10
• The Engineer 1897/02/19
• The Engineer 1901/09/13
• The Engineer 1906/02/16
• William Borrowman