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Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Works
Engineering Works (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Works
Classification Engineering Works (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works; Dunn Street Works; Dalmarnock; Nuneaton Street Stockyard And Preparation Shop
Canmore ID 45147
Site Number NS66SW 86
NGR NS 613 636
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
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SC 349944
Copy of photographic portait of Sir William Arrol from the frontispiece of Sir William Arrol and Company (1909) Bridges, Structural Steel Work, and Mechanical Engineering Productions
© RCAHMS
SC 554506
Ex-Scotland. Rolling-lift bridge, Bombay, India View of lifting bridge during assembly at Arrol's workshops, Glasgow
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
c. 1910
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 554729
Ex-Scotland. Road and light Railway Bridge, unspecified, Nepal View of 105 feet span by 11 feet 7 1/2 inch clear width roadway - assembled outside erecting shop at Dalmarnock Iron Works
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 669131
View from NW showing SW front (Baltic Street front) and part of NNW front of SW block
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
14/2/1966
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 685986
View from SSE showing SE front (Nuneaton Street front) and part of SW front (Baltic Street front) of works
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
8/1968
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1554820
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified masonry. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 2538780
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. Elevated view from West of preparation shop.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538808
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of preparation shop from West.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538811
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. Elevated view from South of Bonhill Bridge under construction.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538813
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of point shop, from East.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538821
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of Arrol's Radial Drill in prepartion department.
23/10/1986
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![Ex-Scotland. Railway Bridge, New Buffalo River Bridge, East London, South Africa
View interior of Arrol's Glasgow Works, bridge box section under assembly.
Titled: 'South African Railways', 'New Buffalo River Bridge', 'East London', '3/155 0 Road and Rail spans', 'Ord[er] no. B5606', 'Ind no. 9M473', 'Contractors: Sir Wm Arrol & Co. Ltd., Glasgow', 'May 1933'.
Stamped verso: 'The Dux Engraving Co Ltd, Glasgow', '[Negative no.] 1889/2'.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00554728.jpg)
SC 554728
Ex-Scotland. Railway Bridge, New Buffalo River Bridge, East London, South Africa View interior of Arrol's Glasgow Works, bridge box section under assembly. Titled: 'South African Railways', 'New Buffalo River Bridge', 'East London', '3/155 0 Road and Rail spans', 'Ord[er] no. B5606', 'Ind no. 9M473', 'Contractors: Sir Wm Arrol & Co. Ltd., Glasgow', 'May 1933'. Stamped verso: 'The Dux Engraving Co Ltd, Glasgow', '[Negative no.] 1889/2'.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
5/1933
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1554812
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified masonry. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 2538778
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron works, interior. Detail of Art Nouveau tiles on staircase in general offices. Plain green tiles with inset floral panel in gold and blue.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538790
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. General view of stockyard from South.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538791
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. General view of main entrance from North-West.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538795
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of the drawing office in the General Office.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538800
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of profile cutter.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538803
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of profile cutting section with table and benchs for tea-breaks.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538806
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of paint shop.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538815
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. Elevated view of corner of Bernard Street and Dunn Street.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538859
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Iron Works. General view of the corner of Baltic Street and Nuneaton Street from South.
28/1/1987
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SC 435062
England, Severn Bridge Interior view of bridge towers on assembly shop floor at Sir William Arrol and Co., Dalmarnock Ironworks, Glasgow
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
1963
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 543696
Copy of image of hand operated sluice gate by Sir William Arrol and Co Ltd of Glasgow, date unknown
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 635508
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Iron Works. Copy of photographic portait of Sir William Arrol from the frontispiece of Sir William Arrol and Company (1909) Bridges, Structural Steel Work, and Mechanical Engineering Productions
c. 1900
© RCAHMS
SC 669129
View from NW showing part of WNW front (Dunn Street front)
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
14/2/1966
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1217067
Ex-Scotland. Reconstruction of Tapti Bridge for G.I.P.Railway (Great Indian Peninsula Railway), India View of span no. 16 in Arrol's Works in Glasgow
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
7/11/1910
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1554813
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified masonry. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1554815
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified roofing work. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1554817
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified roofing work. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1554821
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified masonry. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 2429056
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Works, NS66SW 86, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division)
SC 2538776
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. General view of the corner of Bernard Street, and Dundas Street.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538779
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron works. General view of the general offices. Dunn Street frontage from West.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538797
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of the Board room in the General Offices.
23/10/1986
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SC 349269
Elevated from south within the erecting shop of Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works in Glasgow, showing the new Bonhill Bridge being assembled
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SC 1554819
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified roofing work. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 2538786
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron works. Elevated view of North end of Dunn Street side of works, with steel stockyard and preparation shop of Nuneaton Street side directly behind.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538788
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of three Mercury ARC rectifier cabinets in former power station.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538814
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of preparation shop; two Hugh Smith of Glasgow plate-edge planing machines
23/10/1986
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SC 2538819
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. General view of bust of Sir William Arrol in general office.
23/10/1986
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SC 2539117
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. View of Sudan Railway Bridge on shop floor.
1909
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SC 599292
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Works View from NW showing block on corner of Bernard Street and Dunn Street
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
20/5/1967
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 2538777
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron works, interior. General view of corridor in general offices.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538784
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron works. Elevated view from North-West along Dunn Street.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538796
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of the Director's Staircase in the General offices.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538801
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of dispatch bay.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538810
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of empty fabrication bay from South.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538858
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Iron Works. General view of the entrance to Nuneaton Street. Portion of Arrol's works from South-West.
28/1/1987
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SC 2706794
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Sir William Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2706795
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Sir William Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 371631
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. Elevated view from South of fabrication bay. (Bonhill Bridge under construction.)
© RCAHMS
SC 554730
Ex-Scotland. Railway Bridge renovation, Bridge over Tania River, Argentina View of span outside erecting shop at Arrol's works, Glasgow
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 669130
View from SW showing part of WNW front (Dunn Street front)
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
14/2/1966
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 686169
General view from ESE showing ESE front of block and dwelling house with part of ironworks in background
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
8/1968
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1554814
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified roofing work. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1685045
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1685046
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2538789
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron works, interior. Detail of tiles on office staircase.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538794
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. General view of the General Offices and car park from South.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538798
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of machine shop and patterns.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538802
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of 'C' Dept.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538804
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of machine shop; Hydraulic press and flat bending machines.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538807
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of a row of four radial drills in the prepartion shop with notice; 'If In Doubt, Ask'.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538809
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Ironworks, interior. General view from North of main fabrication bay; Bonhill Bridge under construction.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538816
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. Elevated view of South end of Dunn Street, and side of works.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538817
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. Elevated view of Central block of Dunn Street side, with part of Nuneaton Street side visible behind.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538818
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. Elevated view of North block of Dunn Street side, with part of Nuneaton Street side visible behind.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538820
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. Detail of Mercury ARC Rectifier in former Power Station.
23/10/1986
© RCAHMS
SC 1217068
Ex-Scotland. Reconstruction of Tapti Bridge for G.I.P.Railway (Great Indian Peninsula Railway), India View of span no. 16 in Arrol's Works in Glasgow
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
7/11/1910
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1396694
Unidentified machinery components, plan of details. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1493336
Glasgow, 85 Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Works Long service (50 years), presentation casket and scroll, presented to Sir John Hunter KBE, by the employees of Sir William Arrol & Co Ltd., April 1936. S12 View of scroll. Scroll reads: 'Sir John Hunter KBE', 'For over fifty years you have taken such an active interest in the firm of Sir William Arrol & Co. Limited, that it is with feelings of genuine sorrow and regret the employees learn of your resignation from the position of Chairman', 'They trust that the release from the arduous duties of this office will result in improved health and that you may have many years of useful service enabling you to continue your valued and pleasant associations with the Company', 'You have been held in the highest esteem by employees of all ranks, and they appreciate the useful part you have played for years in developing the Company and maintaining it in the high position it occupies in the engineering world', 'In these recent years when industrial difficulties called for courage and resource of the highest order you never spared yourself and the Company's present position is the result of your wise leadership', 'They recall with pride that your organising talents were utilised with outstanding success by the country during the Great War, and that among the many distinctions conferred upon you was his late Majesty's honour of Knighthood', 'They remember with gratitude the kindly and generous interest which you and Lady Hunter have shown in the personal welfare of all employees, and in the wellbeing of those now retired, who have served the Company faithfully in the past', 'They realise that in all your labours she has been your constant friend and adviser, and in giving you this casket the employees hope that the future may hold for both many years of happy companionship', 'April 1936'. Insc verso: 'S12'.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
4/1936
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 1554818
Unidentified and unlocated. Detailed view of unlocated and unidentified roofing work. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 2538781
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron works. General view of the fabrication bay from North, with Bonhill Bridge under construction.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538792
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. General view of the corner of Bernard Street and Dunn street from North-West.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538799
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of machine shop from South.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538822
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. Detail of mercury ARC rectifier name plate in former power-station. Insc: 'Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd. Plant No. 1111. Hewittic Electric Co. Ltd. Hersham.....M626.'
23/10/1986
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SC 2538823
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of corridor in general office.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538860
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Iron Works. General view of entrance to South end of Boden Street, and exit from West half of Arrol's Works into Nuneaton Street from South-East.
28/1/1987
© RCAHMS
SC 2706793
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Sir William Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 2706796
Glasgow, Dalmarnock, Sir William Arrol's Works. General oblique aerial view.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography
1988
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 349271
View from north west of Arrol's Dalmarnock Works, Glasgow showing the Dunn Street facade of the works containing the company's offices
© RCAHMS
SC 349272
Detail of the plaque commemorating the life of Sir William Arrol, situated in the foyer of the offices of the Dalmarnock Ironworks, Glasgow
© RCAHMS
SC 669128
View from WNW showing part of WNW front (Dunn Street front)
Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
14/2/1966
© Copyright: HES (Reproduced courtesy of J R Hume)
SC 1554816
Unidentified and unlocated. General view of roofing work. Undated.
Records of Sir William Arrol and Company Ltd, civil engineers, Glasgow, Scotland
© Courtesy of HES (Sir William Arrol Collection)
SC 2538782
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of overhead crane and empty fabrication bay viewed from South.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538783
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. General view of paint shop.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538785
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron works. Elevated view of central section of Dunn Street side of works, with Nuneaton Street section directly behind.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538787
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of one three mercury ARC rectifiers in former power station.
23/10/1986
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SC 2538793
Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works. General view of the General Offices from West.
23/10/1986
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Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view of paint shop from West.
23/10/1986
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Glasgow, Dunn Street, Sir William Arrol's Dalmarnock Iron Works, interior. General view.
23/10/1986
© RCAHMS
![Ex-Scotland. Railway Bridge, New Buffalo River Bridge, East London, South Africa
View interior of Arrol's Glasgow Works, bridge box section under assembly.
Titled: 'South African Railways', 'New Buffalo River Bridge', 'East London', '3/155 0 Road and Rail spans', 'Ord[er] no. B5606', 'Ind no. 9M473', 'Contractors: Sir Wm Arrol & Co. Ltd., Glasgow', 'May 1933'.
Stamped verso: 'The Dux Engraving Co Ltd, Glasgow', '[Negative no.] 1889/2'.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00554728.jpg)
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
During the early 1980s the engineering firm of Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd., appear to have been contracted to supply roll-on roll-off ramps for an unspecified ferry pier on the Skye Triangle at Uig, Lochmaddy or Tarbert. Information extracted from Hansard for 1988, Column 1196, notes that 'Link spans for roll-on roll-off purposes have been built at Uig, Tarbert, Lochmaddy, Lochboisdale and Colonsay. Work is proceeding on a linkspan at Castlebay in Barra. A total of 22 million GBP has been paid out in pier grants throughout Scotland since 1979'.
Information from RCAHMS (MKO), July 2001.
