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[[image:Im1924EnV137-p718.jpg|thumb| 1924. Coal handling department at The East Greenwich Power Station.]]
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[[Image:Im1931v151-p488.jpg ‎|thumb|1931. 250 Ton Electric Hammerhead Crane.]]
[[Image:Im1931v151-p488.jpg ‎|thumb|1931. 250 Ton Electric Hammerhead Crane.]]
[[Image:Im1931v151-p492.jpg ‎|thumb|1931.Stages in the erection of 250 Ton Electric Hammerhead Crane. ]]
[[Image:Im1943EYB-Arrol.jpg|thumb| 1943.]]
[[Image:Im1943EYB-Arrol.jpg|thumb| 1943.]]


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June 1888. Engineers, bridge builders and contractors.
1900. Dalmarnock Ironworks.
1900. Dalmarnock Ironworks.
1902 Steam-driven hydraulic pump, ex-Chivers Jam, with Thomas Hill and Sons boiler front at Bressingham Steam Museum
March 1903.

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Steam Compressor. 1906.
1906. The Suir Bridge.
September 1909.
September 1909.
October 1909.
1909. 150 ton shipbuilding crane at Wallsend.
1909. The main lifting barrel for the 150 ton crane at Wallsend.
New bridge over the Wear, May 1908.
1909. New bridge being built over the Wear.
1909. New bridge being built over the Wear.
1909. New bridge being built over the Wear.
1909. New bridge being built over the Wear.
1909. New bridge completed over the Wear.
1909. Smith and Coventry planing machine at the works of William Arrol and Co.
December 1910.
January 1911.
August 1912.
February 1913.
April 1913.
February 1914. Arrol-Foulis.
1914.
1917.
1918.
1920.
1921.
1921.
1922.30cwt Hydraulic Wharf Cranes forTilbury Docks.
1923. Rolling lift bridge at Inchinnan, Renfrew.
1924.
1924. Coal handling department at The East Greenwich Power Station.
1924. Coal handling department at The East Greenwich Power Station.
1931. 250 Ton Electric Hammerhead Crane.
1931.Stages in the erection of 250 Ton Electric Hammerhead Crane.
1943.

of Dalmarnock Ironworks, Preston Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow

of Parkhead Works (cranes)

Sir William Arrol and Co makers of cranes and bridge building equipment.

1868 Company established.

1889 Arrol and Pringle's valve gear. Mr Arrol of the Forth Bridge works. [1] [2]

1893 Public company. The company was registered on 2 January, to acquire the business of engineers and contractors, established by William Arrol.[3]

1900 Illustrations and descriptions of the works at Dalmarnock. [4]

1914 Engineers, Bridge Builders and Contractors. Builders of the Forth Bridge, the present Tay Bridge and Tower Bridge. Specialities: Bridges, structural steel work of all kinds, hydraulic machinery, cranes and transporters, Arrol's Patent hydraulic riveting machines, Foulis drawing and Arrol-Foulis charging machines, Hunter Barnet dischargers for gas works. Employees 1,500. [5]

1920 The Engineer. [6]

1927 See Aberconway Chapter XV for information on the company and its history.

1961 Bridge builders, crane makers and structural and mechanical engineers. 2,150 employees. [7]

1968 Supplied container handling cranes to British Rail Freightliner. [8]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer of 11th Jan 1889 p47
  2. ↑ The Engineer of 25th May 1900 p551
  3. ↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  4. ↑ The Engineer of 18th May 1900 p506
  5. ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
  6. ↑ The Engineer of 16th July 1920
  7. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  8. ↑ The Engineer of 25th October 1968 p622
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