Difference between revisions of "McKie and Baxter"
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
1927 McKie and Baxter Limited was registered as a private company, with a capital of £40,000, to acquire the firm of the same name, engineers, boilermakers and shipbuilders of Govan<ref>The Scotsman 12 February 1927</ref> | 1927 McKie and Baxter Limited was registered as a private company, with a capital of £40,000, to acquire the firm of the same name, engineers, boilermakers and shipbuilders of Govan<ref>The Scotsman 12 February 1927</ref> | ||
1931 The company merged with [[Campbell and Calderwood]], the Govan works was closed and production concentrated in Paisley.<ref>Shipbuilding and Shipping Record 13 April 1931</ref> | 1931 The company merged with [[Campbell and Calderwood]], the Govan works was closed and production concentrated in Paisley.<ref>Shipbuilding and Shipping Record 13 April 1931</ref> In some cases the firm took on contracts for complete vessels and sub-contracted the hulls. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:50, 14 August 2021
McKie and Baxter of Copland Works, Glasgow.
c1896 Founded by James Archibald McKie and Peter MacLeod Baxter
1910 Made compound non-condensing engine, boiler and feathering paddle wheels for sternwheeler 'Etobe' for service in Northern Nigeria. Vessel built by Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co[1]
1925 See Aberconway for information on shipbuilding h.p produced in 1904 and 1925
1927 McKie and Baxter Limited was registered as a private company, with a capital of £40,000, to acquire the firm of the same name, engineers, boilermakers and shipbuilders of Govan[2]
1931 The company merged with Campbell and Calderwood, the Govan works was closed and production concentrated in Paisley.[3] In some cases the firm took on contracts for complete vessels and sub-contracted the hulls.
See Also
Sources of Information
- National Records of Scotland BT2/14487
- Directory of Shipowners, Shipbuilders and Marine Engineers 1955
- L.A. Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records (1992)