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Sir William Arrol and Company, Ltd · 1909 · Sir William Arrol and Company, Ltd · 150 pictures

A trade catalogue issued in 1909 by Sir William Arrol and Company of Glasgow, the bridge and structural steel firm, to show prospective engineering clients its completed bridges, cranes, and workshop plant. The 203 halftone plates are long interior views down glazed erecting shops and boiler shops, overhead travelling cranes, riveted lattice girders, and locomotive and shipyard machinery, offering repeating truss geometry, roof glazing grids, and deep one-point perspectives in soft grey tone.

Structural iron and steel · Division 05, iron works · Bridges · Cranes · Plant machinery · Mechanical engineering · Specifications · Division 05 - Metals

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