Sir William Arrol & Co.

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Sir William Arrol & Co. was a prominent Scottish civil engineering and construction firm renowned for building major late 19th-century steel bridges and landmark structures in the United Kingdom.

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Sir William Arrol & Co. canonical 16
William Arrol & Co. 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge construction company ⓘ
civil engineering company ⓘ
construction company ⓘ
basedIn Dalmarnock, Glasgow ⓘ
contributedTo development of modern steel bridge construction techniques ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
era Edwardian era ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
fieldOfWork bridge engineering ⓘ
structural engineering ⓘ
foundedBy William Arrol ⓘ
hasLegacy iconic British bridges still in use ⓘ
hasNotableEmployee William Arrol ⓘ
hasType private company ⓘ
headquartersLocation Glasgow ⓘ
historicalSignificance major contractor for late 19th-century British infrastructure ⓘ
inception 1873 ⓘ
industry civil engineering ⓘ
construction ⓘ
knownFor construction of major steel bridges ⓘ
landmark infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom ⓘ
locationOfFormation Glasgow ⓘ
namedAfter William Arrol ⓘ
notableBridgeProject Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth ⓘ
linked to: Forth Bridge

Tower Bridge over the River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Tower Bridge

replacement Tay Rail Bridge over the Firth of Tay ⓘ
notableWork Clydebank Titan Crane ⓘ
Forth Bridge ⓘ
Forth Road Bridge steelwork (contractor) ⓘ
King George V Bridge, Glasgow ⓘ
Newport Transporter Bridge (steelwork) ⓘ
Queen Mary shipbuilding gantry ⓘ
Tay Rail Bridge (second) ⓘ
linked to: Tay Rail Bridge

Tees Transporter Bridge (steelwork) ⓘ
Titanic gantry at Harland and Wolff shipyard ⓘ
linked to: Harland and Wolff

Tower Bridge ⓘ
operatedIn England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf British engineering industry ⓘ
significantProjectPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
specializesIn large-span bridges ⓘ
steel bridge construction ⓘ
structural steelwork ⓘ
usedMaterial steel ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Forth Bridge → builder → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
Tay Rail Bridge → builder → William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
linked to: Sir William Arrol & Co.
William Arrol → employer → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
William Arrol → founded → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
Titan Clydebank crane → builder → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
Titan Clydebank crane → manufacturer → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
Tees Transporter Bridge → builder → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
William Arrol → employer → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
subject linked to: Arrol
Tay Rail Bridge (second) → builder → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
subject linked to: Arrol
Tower Bridge → builder → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
subject linked to: Arrol
King George V Bridge, Glasgow → builder → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
Tees Transporter Bridge → engineer → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
subject linked to: Transporter Bridge
Tees Transporter Bridge → builtBy → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
subject linked to: Transporter Bridge
Clydebank Titan → designedBy → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ
Clydebank Titan → builtBy → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ