- Duplicate order books 1887-1935
- Estates order books1883-1958
- Progressive costing books 1905-1951
- Drawing registers 1881-1958
- Register of sketch tracings 1941-1959
- Sugar machinery drawings [to be identified]
Records of John McNeil & Co Ltd, sugar machinery manufactures, Glasgow, Scotland
- Reference
- GB 248 UGD 118/5,/118/12
- Dates of Creation
- 1883-1959
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 6 metresThere are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Aitken, McNeil & Co , engineers, was formed in 1881 in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The firm became known as John McNeil & Co in 1897 and had its works in Helen Street, Glasgow, producing machinery for the sugar refining trade. The firm was incorporated as John McNeil & Co Ltd in 1914 and entered into liquidation in 1960 when its goodwill was acquired by A & W Smith & Co Ltd , sugar machine manufacturers, Glasgow.
Source: Michael Moss and John Hume, Workshop of the British Empire: Engineering and Shipbuilding in the West of Scotland(London, 1977)
Arrangement
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Acquisition Information
Smith Mirrlees : Eglinton Works, Cook Street, Glasgow, G5 8JW : 1972
Smith Mirrlees : Eglinton Works, Cook Street, Glasgow, G5 8JW : 1976 (Additional deposit)
Smith Mirrlees : Eglinton Works, Cook Street, Glasgow, G5 8JW : c1982 (Additional deposit)
Fletcher & Stewart Ltd : c1988 (Additional deposit)
Other Finding Aids
Digital file level list available in searchroom as part of the Smith Mirrlees finding aid (UGD 118)
Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)3119) and London (NRA14656)
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