Thomson, James & George, Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Clyde Bank Foundry
- Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd
- Brown, John, & Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Marine engines & other marine equipment production
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Transport equipment production
Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
Notes:
Established 1847 by James and George Thomson with opening of Clyde Bank Foundry to make marine engines. Started shipbuilding at Govan in 1851 and moved to Clydebank in 1871. Incorporated 1890 as James & George Thomson Ltd. Known as Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd in 1890 and 1892 acquired by John Brown & Co Ltd of Sheffield
Publications:
- 'Clyde Bank Foundry ...' and 'Clyde Bank Iron Ship Yard, the property of Messrs James & George Thomson Ltd' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to North Eastern; North British; Edinburgh & Glasgow; Scottish Central; Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee; Scottish North Eastern; and Great North of Scotland Railways by Measom, George
- Half a Century of Shipbuilding, Mercantile and Naval; with a description of the Clydebank works of James & George Thomson Ltd by Unknown
- 'Messrs J & G Thomson's Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Clydebank' in D Macleod, Clyde District of Dumbarton by Macleod, Donald
- Study in failure. J & G Thomson and shipbuilding at Clydebank, 1871-1890 by Peebles, Hugh B
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Clyde Bank Foundry
- Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd
- Brown, John, & Co Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
- Glasgow, City of Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Marine engines & other marine equipment production
- Transport equipment production Shipbuilding & repairing exc small craft
Notes:
Established 1847 by James and George Thomson with opening of Clyde Bank Foundry to make marine engines. Started shipbuilding at Govan in 1851 and moved to Clydebank in 1871. Incorporated 1890 as James & George Thomson Ltd. Known as Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd in 1890 and 1892 acquired by John Brown & Co Ltd of SheffieldPublications:
- 'Clyde Bank Foundry ...' and 'Clyde Bank Iron Ship Yard, the property of Messrs James & George Thomson Ltd' in G Measom, Official Illustrated Guide to North Eastern; North British; Edinburgh & Glasgow; Scottish Central; Edinburgh, Perth & Dundee; Scottish North Eastern; and Great North of Scotland Railways by Measom, George
- Half a Century of Shipbuilding, Mercantile and Naval; with a description of the Clydebank works of James & George Thomson Ltd by Unknown
- 'Messrs J & G Thomson's Shipbuilding & Engineering Works, Clydebank' in D Macleod, Clyde District of Dumbarton by Macleod, Donald
- Study in failure. J & G Thomson and shipbuilding at Clydebank, 1871-1890 by Peebles, Hugh B