William Beardmore & Co Ltd, steel manufacturers, shipbuilders, engineers, ordnance manufacturers

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Date:	1797-1978
Places:	Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Engineering: Mechanical > Vehicle manufacturers \| Engineering: Mechanical > Railway equipment \| Engineering: Mechanical > Ordnance and small arms \| Engineering: Mechanical > Aircraft and aero-engines \| Engineering: Mechanical > Shipbuilding and marine engineering \| Metal processing and manufacturing > Steel manufacture
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C105220 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B6004 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1887-1977: minutes, financial records, reports, registers, salaries and visitors books, photographs, catalogues, papers	Glasgow University Archive Services	UGD 100/127/137/179	NRA 14667 Beardmore & Co See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 metal processing and engineering, 1994
2	1797-1978: deeds, agreements, legal papers	Glasgow University Archive Services	UGD339	NRA 37958 Biggart
3	1955-1973: board minutes, reports and accounts, corresp and papers	See information in published source		See Lesley Richmond & Bridget Stockford, Company Archives (1986)