Records of Glasgow Railway Engineering Co Ltd, railway wheel, spring and axle manufacturers, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland

Reference and contact details: GB 0248 UGD 100/3
Title: Records of Glasgow Railway Engineering Co Ltd, railway wheel, spring and axle manufacturers, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Dates of creation: 1900-1965
Extent: 0.75 metres
Held at: Glasgow University Archive Services
Name of creator: Glasgow Railway Engineering Co Ltd (railway wheel, spring and axle manufacturers: 1900-1960: Govan, Glasgow)
Level of Description: fonds
Language: English

Administrative/Biographical History

The Glasgow Railway Engineering Co Ltd was incorporated as a limited liability company in 1901 to acquire the business of the Glasgow Railway Co, Helen Street, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, and the also the firm of D Drummond & Son, manufacturers, at the same address. The company produced component parts for railway locomotives including wheels, axles and springs and appears to have had connections with the locomotive department of William Beardmore & Co Ltd, steel manufacturers and engineers, Glasgow, Scotland. The company ceased trading in 1959 and appears to have been liquidated in 1965.

Scope and Content

  • Minutes and agendas 1901-1949
  • Memorandum and articles of association 1900-1937
  • Shareholder records 1901-1946
  • Correspondence 1937-1948
  • Financial records 1948-1965

System of Arrangement

This material is arranged into series, which consist of numbers of items related by format and/or function. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically.

Custodial History

Unknown

Immediate source of acquisition

Deposit :A D : 1 July 1976

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 0248 procedures

Accruals

None expected

Access Conditions

Open

Copyright / Reproduction

Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the University Archivist

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use & condition of documents

Finding Aids

Digital file level list available in searchroom

Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1575) and London (NRA14667)

Related Units of Description

GB 0248 UGD 100/1 Records of William Beardmore & Co Ltd

Material in other repositories: no material associated by provenance

Processing information

Fonds level description compiled by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 23 May 2002

No alterations made to date