Locomotive worksplate

Made:
1891 in Kilmarnock
maker:
Andrew Barclay, Sons and Company Limited
Locomotive Worksplate, "Andrew Barclay Son & Co Engineers

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Locomotive Worksplate, "Andrew Barclay Son & Co Engineers
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Locomotive Worksplate, "Andrew Barclay Son & Co Engineers, Kilmarnock. N.B. No 686 - 1891", brass, rectangle, 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, outside cylinders, new to C F McLaren Ltd, who became part of Scottish Iron & Steel Ltd in 1914, locomotive was at Stentor Works, Wishaw No. 2, Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd, Coats Works, Coatbridge No. 8, to Shanks & McEwan c. 1920 No. 10, used on Shieldhall Dock contract 1924-1931, bought by J N Connell Ltd, Coatbridge in 1944 [possible for scrap].

Details

Category:
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Object Number:
1979-7395
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
7.5 x 17 in.; 190.5 x 431.8 mm
type:
works plate
credit:
Smith, E.E.