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William Denny & Brothers Ltd, shipbuilders and marine engineers

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Date: 1747-1984
Places:
  • Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire
Functions, occupations and activities: Engineering: Mechanical > Shipbuilding and marine engineering
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C100606 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6228 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1747-1958: legal papers
Glasgow University Archive Services
UGD 191
NRA 41480
2
1804-1850: financial and production records
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD260/7
See LA Ritchie, The Shipbuilding Industry (1992)
3
1844-1963: financial, cost, contract and wages records
Glasgow University Archive Services
UGD 3
NRA 10829 Denny

See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
4
1854-1963: drawings and technical records, press cuttings and photograph albums
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
See Guide vol 2 1980
5
1882-1964: apprenticeship books, visitors books, specifications, plans
West Dunbartonshire Council Archive Services: Dumbarton Library
GDD84
NRA 44680
6
1883-1984: ship model test records
Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank
See M Cox, Exploring Scottish History (2nd edition, 1999)
7
1911-1955: Sir Maurice Denny's private letter books
Glasgow University Archive Services
DC 114
NRA 30891 Denny
8
c1958-1979: technical drawings and operating manuals for M.V. Koolama/Grain Trader
West Dunbartonshire Council Archive Services: Dumbarton Library
ACCN2023/4
See Annual Return 2023