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slipway took up the space of two existing ones and was built on reinforcing piles driven deeply into the ground to ensure it could take the temporary concentrated weight of the whole ship as it slid into the water. In addition, the company spent £8,000 to dredge the Clyde, £6,500 on a new gas plant, £6,500 on a new electrical plant, £18,000 to extend the dock and £19,000 for a new crane capable of lifting 150 tons, as well as £20,000 on additional machinery and equipment.
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buying John Brown
Hydrocarbons and Davy Process Technology, both based in London. In 2000 Kvaerner Energy closed its gas turbine works in Clydebank with the loss of 200 jobs, finally ending the link between John Brown and Clydebank. The site was demolished in 2002. John Brown Hydrocarbons was sold to
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Despite being an essential industry the works had difficulty obtaining suitable workers to build all the ships on its order books. In an attempt to reduce the labour shortage it employed women in a number of jobs under a scheme called "dilution" whereby it was agreed with the unions that once the war
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The brothers separated their business association in 1850 and, after an acrimonious split, George took over the shipbuilding end of the association. James Thomas started a new business. George
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in 1904 the shipyard was reorganized to accommodate her so that she could be launched diagonally across the widest available part of the river Clyde where it met a tributary, the ordinary width of the river being only 610 feet (190 m) compared to the 786-foot (240 m) longship. The new
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tons. The east yard contained five building slipways, each of which could accommodate the building of the largest battleship, with one slip long enough to build a ship of over 900 ft (270 m). The west yard was used to build smaller ships such as destroyers.
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business and at the age of 21, John Brown with the backing of his father and uncle obtained a bank loan for £500 to enable him to become the company's sales agent. He was so successful, he made enough money to set up his own business, the Atlas Steel Works.
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a party to an agreement has admittedly broken it, and an action was brought for the purpose of enforcing the payment of a sum of money which, by the agreement between the parties, was fixed as that which the defenders were to pay in the event that has
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ended the women would give up their jobs. Throughout the war the company employed on average 10,000 workers at
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Engineering, headed by Duncan Wilson and other engineers from the Clydebank site, named John Brown Engineering Gas Turbines Ltd, was re-established in
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was opened in August 2007. Regeneration plans also include improved infrastructure, modern offices, a light industrial estate and new housing, retail and leisure facilities. It was hoped that as part of the plan
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brother George, called James Rodger
Thomson and George Paul Thomson. Faced with the compulsory purchase of their shipyard by the Clyde Navigation Trust (which wanted the land to construct the new
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five and a half months. The company estimated that during the entire war period it produced a total of 205,430 tons of shipping and 1,720,000 hp (1,280,000 kW) of machinery.
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from Thomsons, who took charge of the ship design. A legal case resolved in 1904 by the
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Slaven, A (July 1977). "A Shipyard in Depression: John Browns of Clydebank 1919–1938".
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industry. Union Industrielle d'Entreprise (UIE) (part of the French
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1706:(hardback). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 320 pages.
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Site of the former John Brown Shipyard in 2007, with the old
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firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including
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bought J&G Thomson's Clydebank yard for £923,255 3s 3d.
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in 1867. Several of the ships they built were bought by the
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that, in 1863, was the first to roll 12-inch (300 mm)
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Documents and clippings about John Brown & Company
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group) bought the yard in 1980 and closed it in 2001.
1140:— more about the founder of John Brown & Company.
1196:. The Parthenon Publishing Group Ltd. pp. 3–5.
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1862:Clyde Waterfront Heritage — John Brown's Shipyard
1725:. Warship 2009. London: Conway. pp. 96–116.
1687:(hardback). London: Harper Collins. p. 493.
1032:bought Trafalgar House. It later was split, with
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1158:"John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland UK"
1869:— documentary about Clydebank from 1947 to 1952
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1338:International Directory of Company Histories
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1847:— ships and shipbuilders on the River Clyde
1577:"CB&I acquires John Brown Hydrocarbons"
1357:Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
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1607:"John Brown Engineering Gas Turbines Ltd"
1305:Grace's Guide; British Industrial History
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1762:Scottish Economic and Social History
1477:. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust
1341:. Vol. 1. St James Press. 1988.
1335:"JOHN BROWN PLC – Company History".
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1702:Johnston, Ian; Buxton, Ian (2013).
1559:"The external investments of Yukos"
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138:Henry McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway
3007:1986 disestablishments in Scotland
1440:"Government's shipbuilding crisis"
1273:Joseph McKenna (18 January 2010).
1058:Regeneration of the Clydebank site
906:contracts, most notably the liner
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2456:A&P Appledore International
1459:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1001:and fitting-out basin. The new
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568:In 1899 the company bought the
488:, he obtained a position as an
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2608:Fairfield Sh'b. & Eng. Co.
968:Marathon Manufacturing Company
860:being launched, December 1942.
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1583:. 2 June 2003. Archived from
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949:In 1968 the yard merged into
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2289:Caledon Sh'b. & Eng. Co.
2972:Marine engine manufacturers
2498:Cammell Laird & Company
2372:Scotts Sh'b. & Eng. Co.
1883:20th Century Press Archives
1857:Clydebank Restoration Trust
1442:. BBC News. 1 January 2002.
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1088:. This includes making the
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1782:Peebles, Hugh B (1987).
1194:The History of Clydebank
951:Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
919:Seawards the Great Ships
447:John Brown & Company
267:Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
178:John Brown & Company
88:Upper Clyde Shipbuilders
2697:JI Thornycroft & Co
2451:North East Shipbuilders
1851:Clydebank Re-built Ltd.
1454:"Parliamentary debates"
711:Coventry Ordnance Works
278:wholly owned subsidiary
191:Coventry Ordnance Works
130:James Thomson (founder)
2557:BAE Systems Submarines
2479:Appledore Shipbuilders
2425:Hall Russell & Co.
1910:55.897786°N 4.404423°W
1791:Shields, John (1949).
1740:Johnston, Ian (2015).
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846:World War II and after
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457:Brassey's Naval Annual
437:John Brown and Company
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276:. In 1986 it became a
199:John Brown and Company
2547:Marconi Marine (VSEL)
2379:Greenock Dockyard Co.
2346:Ferguson Shipbuilders
1683:Fox, Stephen (2003).
1497:"John Brown Shipyard"
1117:as a floating hotel.
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550:was an engineer, and
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2683:Simons & Lobnitz
2650:Marathon (Clydebank)
2586:Marconi Marine (YSL)
1915:55.897786; -4.404423
1867:Post-Blitz Clydebank
888:and the royal yacht
459:1915, featuring the
2750:Griffon Hovercraft
2310:Harland & Wolff
1906: /
1835:. 30 November 1997.
1565:. 6 September 2004.
1301:"J. and G. Thomson"
1192:Hood, John (1988).
1086:Scottish Enterprise
715:Yarrow Shipbuilders
713:joint venture with
673:and the battleship
563:William Henry Ellis
34:
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2709:Vosper Thornycroft
2702:Vosper Thornycroft
2676:A. & J. Inglis
2669:W Denny & Bros
2552:BAE Systems Marine
2535:Vickers-Armstrongs
2518:A&P Shiprepair
1840:Chris' Cunard Page
1659:Chris' Cunard Page
1613:on 8 February 2011
1587:on 17 January 2017
1507:on 3 January 2014.
1353:"John Gibb Dunlop"
1254:on 12 October 2014
1162:Ships and Harbours
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870:, and despite the
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2395:Swan Hunter Group
2339:Ferguson Brothers
2332:Ailsa & Perth
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1954:Shipyards of the
1732:978-1-84486-089-0
1713:978-1-59114-027-6
1685:The Ocean Railway
1635:. Titan Clydebank
1473:Cameron, Stuart.
1286:978-0-7864-5827-1
1168:on 28 August 2016
1107:Queen Elizabeth 2
1102:Clydebank College
1019:Markham & Co.
1003:Clydebank College
943:Queen Elizabeth 2
574:J & G Thomson
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258:Queen Elizabeth 2
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