Port Glasgow Rope & Duck Works
Other Business Names:
- Stevenson, John
- Gourock Rope Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Textile production
Canvas, etc, production inc ship sails, tents, sacks, etc
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Textile production
Rope, twine & net production
Notes:
Established 1735 as rope makers with John Stevenson as manager. 1740 diversified into making canvas and canvas products. Imported raw materials from Baltic, especially hemp, where suppliers included David Barkley / Barclay of Koenigsberg and others of St Petersburg. 1797 acquired by Gourock Rope Co
Publications:
- A Scots link with the Baltic by Duncan, Archibald
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Stevenson, John
- Gourock Rope Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Textile production Canvas, etc, production inc ship sails, tents, sacks, etc
- Textile production Rope, twine & net production
Notes:
Established 1735 as rope makers with John Stevenson as manager. 1740 diversified into making canvas and canvas products. Imported raw materials from Baltic, especially hemp, where suppliers included David Barkley / Barclay of Koenigsberg and others of St Petersburg. 1797 acquired by Gourock Rope CoPublications:
- A Scots link with the Baltic by Duncan, Archibald