Bowershall Engine Works
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Bowershall Engine WorksDescription
The works was built on the site of the Bower's Hall. The local area had the nickname 'The Bowery'.
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Bowershall Iron and Engine Works
83 Bonnington Road (According to UofG)
PO Directories 1865-66, 1870-71, 1871-72
This was the works of T M Tennant & Co (Thomas M Tennant, see also Newington Works). It was a general engineering works producing a wide range of iron products including marine engines, slipways, buildings. The works was on the south side of Bonnington Road and without railway connection.
In the late 1860s the company made road steamers for Robert William Thomson however there was a legal argument between the two about the lack of specification and before long the work was taken from the company around 1869/70.
The company closed around 1878.
Alexander Blackie William Kennedy (later Sir) was an apprentice at the works.
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Bowershall Engine Works
83 Bonnington Road
PO Directories 1874-75 1886, 1899-1900, 1901-02
This was the works of Umpherston & Co Ltd.
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Later again it was Bonington Castings.
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Bowershall Iron and Engine Works Bowershall Iron Works04/03/2021
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