Arrol, Sir William, & Co Ltd

Sectors:

  • Mechanical engineering Lifting & handling equipment production
  • Construction Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
  • Fabricated metal products manufacture Structural metal products manufacture inc prefabricated buildings, bridges, gasholders, etc

Notes:

Established by 1872 at Dalmarnock, Glasgow, by (Sir) William Aroll, 1839-1913, as bridge builders. Soon afterwards also built heavy load cranes especially for shipyards and a range of other structures. Built Tay and Forth railway bridges, each project starting in 1882, for which won an international reputation as leading structural and mechanical engineers. Incorporated 1893 as Sir William Aroll & Co Ltd. 1969 acquired by Clarke Chapman

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