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 5
William Arrol & Co. 1

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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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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.