Records of John McNeil & Co Ltd, sugar machinery manufactures, Glasgow, Scotland

Scope and Content

  • Duplicate order books 1887-1935
  • Estates order books1883-1958
  • Progressive costing books 1905-1951
  • Drawing registers 1881-1958
  • Register of sketch tracings 1941-1959
  • Sugar machinery drawings [to be identified]

Administrative / Biographical History

Aitken, McNeil & Co , engineers, was formed in  1881  in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland. The firm became known as  John McNeil & Co in  1897  and had its works in Helen Street, Glasgow, producing machinery for the sugar refining trade. The firm was incorporated as  John McNeil & Co Ltd in  1914  and entered into liquidation in  1960  when its goodwill was acquired by  A & W Smith & Co Ltd , sugar machine manufacturers, Glasgow.

Source:   Michael Moss and John Hume, Workshop of the British Empire: Engineering and Shipbuilding in the West of Scotland(London, 1977)

Arrangement

This material is arranged into series, which consists of numbers of items related by format and/or function. Within series, the items are generally arranged chronologically

Access Information

Access to all records dating within the past 50 years must be cleared with the company. Apply in the first instance to the University Archivist

Acquisition Information

Smith Mirrlees : Eglinton Works, Cook Street, Glasgow, G5 8JW : 1972

Smith Mirrlees : Eglinton Works, Cook Street, Glasgow, G5 8JW : 1976 (Additional deposit)

Smith Mirrlees : Eglinton Works, Cook Street, Glasgow, G5 8JW : c1982 (Additional deposit)

Fletcher & Stewart Ltd : c1988 (Additional deposit)

Other Finding Aids

Digital file level list available in searchroom as part of the Smith Mirrlees finding aid (UGD 118)

Manual file level list available at the National Registers of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)3119) and London (NRA14656)

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See source list on Sugar available via Glasgow University Archive Services homepage at  http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk

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