Iraq

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Collection: Scott and Sons (Bowling) Ltd (GUAS Ref: GD 323/5 & GD 322)

Established at the west end of Bowling in 1851, the business traded under numerous names - Scott, MacGill and Duncan; Scott and MacGill; Scott and Co; Scott and Sons - before being incorporated in 1958 as a limited liability company as Scott and Sons (Bowling) Ltd.

In 1965, the company was taken over, at their invitation, by Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd. It subsequently became part of the Scott Lithgow Group following the 1970 merger of Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd and Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde.

  

A photograph of the tugboat Hashim, built for the Iraqi Government by Scotts & Sons of Bowling, on trials in the Firth of Clyde, 1950s. (GUAS Ref: GD 322/13/14. Copyright reserved.) 
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The top image is a photograph of the tugboat Hashim, built for the Iraqi Government by Scotts & Sons of Bowling, on trials in the Firth of Clyde, 1950s.

(GUAS Ref: GD 322/13/14. Copyright reserved.)

The bottom image is a photograph of another tugboat, the Hazim, also built for the Iraqi Government, and again on trials in the Firth of Clyde, 1950s.

(GUAS Ref: GD 322/14/62/8. Copyright reserved.)

A photograph of the tugboat Hazim, built for the Iraqi Government by Scotts & Sons of Bowling, on trials in the Firth of Clyde, 1950s. (GUAS Ref: GD 322/14/62/8. Copyright reserved.) 
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For further information on the papers of Scott and Sons (Bowling) Ltd archive, please see the online catalogue. 

 
 
 

Collection: Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd (GUAS Ref: UGD 5)

Kennedy Patent Water Meter Co Ltd was formed in 1863 from a syndicate of four partners and marketed the water meter patented by Thomas Kennedy, snr, and a local clockmaker.  In 1865 the Glenfield Co Ltd was formed to supply castings and undertake general foundry work.  The two companies shared a site in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, the derelict printworks from which Glenfield took its name. In 1899 the two companies merged to form Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd.

The major growth period was between 1871 and 1904, under the direction of Thomas Kennedy (nephew of Thomas Kennedy, snr). 'The Glen' became an important hydraulic engineering concern in Britain, with substantial export orders to most parts of the world, including Iraq.

  A photograph of a water crane built for the Iraqi State Railways by Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd. (GUAS Ref: UGD 5/3/10/64/5. Copyright reserved.) 
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The top image is a photograph of a water crane built and installed for the Iraqi State Railways by Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd.

(GUAS Ref: UGD 5/3/10/64/5. Copyright reserved.)

The bottom image demonstrates the water crane in use on the Iraqi State Railways.

(GUAS Ref: UGD 5/3/10/64/6. Copyright reserved.)

  A photograph of the water crane in use, built for the Iraqi State Railways by Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd. (GUAS Ref: UGD 5/3/10/64/6. Copyright reserved.) View larger image
 

For further information on the papers of Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd archive, please see the online catalogue. 

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