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William Simons & Co Ltd, ship and dredger builders

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Date: 1814-1961
Places:
  • Renfrew, Renfrewshire
Functions, occupations and activities: Engineering: Mechanical > Shipbuilding and marine engineering
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C101073 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B14453 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1814-1957: minutes, ship and engine plans
Glasgow University Archive Services
UGD/114, 115
NRA 21022 Simons

See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2
1902-61: plans
Glasgow University Archive Services
UGD130
NRA 14816 Fleming
3
1901-56: ledger, photographs etc
Glasgow University Archive Services
UCS4
NRA 14659 UCS
4
1814-61: ship plans
Glasgow City Archives
TD232
NRA 12501 Glasgow misc
5
c1927: plans and trial records of dredger
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
See LA Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry (1992)
6
1890-1913: ship photographs
Paisley Museum, Art Gallery and Coats Observatory
See LA Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry, 1992