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Sir William Arrol & Co.

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Early history
Notable projects
Bridges Cranes Titanic Hikitia
Demise of the business
References
External links

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Sir William Arrol & Co. was a leading Scottish civil engineering and construction business founded by William Arrol and based in Glasgow. It built some of the most famous bridges in the United Kingdom including the Forth Bridge and Tower Bridge in London.

Early history

The company was founded by William Arrol at Dunn Street in Dalmarnock in Glasgow in 1873.^[1] It later expanded to incorporate the Parkhead Crane Works in Nuneaton Street.

Notable projects

Bridges

Bridges built by the company include:

The Caledonian Railway Bridge across the River Clyde completed in 1878
The Tay Rail Bridge completed in 1887
The Forth Bridge completed in 1890
Tower Bridge in London completed in 1894
North Bridge in Edinburgh completed in 1897
Redheugh Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne completed in 1901
Connel Bridge completed in 1903
The Nile Bridge at Cairo completed in 1908
Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge completed in 1911
Warrington Transporter Bridge completed in 1916
Keadby Bridge completed in 1916
Southwark Bridge in London completed in 1921
White Cart Bridge completed in 1923
Jubilee Bridge (Walney) completed in 1908
Jubilee Bridge (Queensferry) completed in 1927
Corporation Bridge in Grimsby completed in 1928
Wearmouth Bridge completed in 1929

Tsoelike Suspension Bridge in Lesotho completed in 1930
Forth Road Bridge completed in 1964
Deptford Railroad Bridge completed in 1964
Severn Bridge completed in 1966
The second Craigellachie Bridge completed in 1970
The Humber Bridge completed in 1981

Cranes

Titan Clydebank, completed in 1907
Titan Crane, Fairfield, completed in 1911
250-ton crane, HMNB Portsmouth, dated 1912, demolished 1984^[2]
Titan Crane, James Watt Dock Crane, completed in 1917
Titan Crane, Barclay Curle, completed in 1920
Blocksetter Travelling Titan (South African Harbours and Railways); for use at Durban, completed prior to 1932^[3]
Blocksetter Travelling Hercules (South African Harbours and Railways); for use at Table Bay, completed prior to 1932^[3]
Blocksetter Travelling Hercules; for use at Ceuta, completed prior to 1932^[3]

Titanic

The company was contracted by Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, to construct a large gantry (known as the Arrol Gantry) for the construction of three new super-liners, one of which was called the RMS Titanic. Like the ships themselves, the gantry crane was one of the largest built at the time, comparing with transporter bridges in length, height and capability.

Hikitia

Demise of the business

The company was acquired by Clarke Chapman in 1969 and the Dalmarnock Works were closed in 1986.^[4]

References

1. ^National Archives
2. ^[https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/twentieth-century-naval-dockyards-devonport-portsmouth-characterisation-report/ 20th Century Naval Dockyards, Devonport and Portsmouth Characterisation Report], Naval Dockyards Society, 2015
3. ^¹²Arrol Catalogue ca. 1932
4. ^NZR Cranes {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174719/http://www.nzrcranes.org/manufact.html |date=3 March 2016 }}

External links

Sir William Arrol & Co. in the Structurae database
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