Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Somervail and Co

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of Dalmuir

Structural engineers.

1887b Established by Peter Alexander Somervail

1889 Supplied the steelwork (ironwork?) for the road bridge over the River Tummel at Ballinluig. See Canmore entry.

1889 Supplied the steelwork for the Victoria Bridge, Kilmarnock

1894 'The new bridge Ruthven, on the river Spey, near Kinggussie. The bridge, which was constructed by Messrs Somervail and Co., Dalmuir Ironworks, near Glasgow, consists of three spans, each of 74 ft., carried on stout cylindrical piers of cast-iron casings, filled with concrete. The width of the roadway is 14 ft., and the main girders, two of which form each span, are spaced 15 ft. in. apart from centre to centre.'[1]

1911 For sale. Dalmuir, Bridge and Roof Building Works. includes workmen's houses.[2]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Aberdeen Free Press - Monday 03 December 1894
  2. The Scotsman - Tuesday 07 November 1911