Redpath Brown & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Brown, J S
- Redpath, John
- Cowan, Sir John
- Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd
- Dorman Long & Co Ltd
- British Steel Corp
- Redpath Dorman Long Ltd
- Trafalgar House Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
- Greenwich, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Leith, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Boiler & steam generator production
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Ironmongery production
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Construction
Other construction & civil engineering exc railways, roads & inland navigations
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Fabricated metal products manufacture
Structural metal products manufacture inc prefabricated buildings, bridges, gasholders, etc
Notes:
Traced origins to c1802. Early on operated as manufacturing ironmongers and providers of structural ironwork for bridges, etc, at Edinburgh and Leith under J S Brown and John Redpath. From c1870s led by (Sir) John Cowan, 1844-1929, who greatly developed the structural metal fabrication and erection business. Incorporated 1896 following which the ironmongery business was sold and boiler building taken up although this was subsequently disposed of. 1903 opened additional works at Greenwich, London, as structural metalwork activities spread nationwide. Early 1920s acquired by Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd which in 1929 was acquired by Dorman Long & Co Ltd. By 1970, when owned by British Steel Corp, formed their Constructional Engineering Division trading as Redpath Dorman Long Ltd. Later owned by Trafalgar House Plc
Publications:
- Notes by J D Stitt by Stitt, J D
- Redpath Brown. The story of a great enterprise by Unknown
- Redpath Brown. Two hundred constructive years by Turner, A W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Brown, J S
- Redpath, John
- Cowan, Sir John
- Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd
- Dorman Long & Co Ltd
- British Steel Corp
- Redpath Dorman Long Ltd
- Trafalgar House Plc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
- Greenwich, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Leith, City of Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Boiler & steam generator production
- Fabricated metal products manufacture Ironmongery 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:
Traced origins to c1802. Early on operated as manufacturing ironmongers and providers of structural ironwork for bridges, etc, at Edinburgh and Leith under J S Brown and John Redpath. From c1870s led by (Sir) John Cowan, 1844-1929, who greatly developed the structural metal fabrication and erection business. Incorporated 1896 following which the ironmongery business was sold and boiler building taken up although this was subsequently disposed of. 1903 opened additional works at Greenwich, London, as structural metalwork activities spread nationwide. Early 1920s acquired by Bolckow Vaughan & Co Ltd which in 1929 was acquired by Dorman Long & Co Ltd. By 1970, when owned by British Steel Corp, formed their Constructional Engineering Division trading as Redpath Dorman Long Ltd. Later owned by Trafalgar House PlcPublications:
- Notes by J D Stitt by Stitt, J D
- Redpath Brown. The story of a great enterprise by Unknown
- Redpath Brown. Two hundred constructive years by Turner, A W