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Granton Gas Works

Contractors

The contractors involved in constructing and equipping the gas works were:

Work Contractor Address
Gasholder Clayton Sons & Co Ltd Leeds
Drainage Scheme J Norris & Son Edinburgh
Products Works, Foundations (part) A Waddell & Sons Edinburgh
Main Foundation Works A Ogilvy Edinburgh
Gasholder Tank William Wilson Glasgow
Railways T Summerson & Sons Darlington
Products Works W Neill & Son St Helens, Lancashire
Station Meters R Laidlaw & Son Ltd Edinburgh
Wood Finishings W & J R Watson Edinburgh
Structural Steelwork Redpath Brown & Co Ltd Edinburgh
Purifiers Barrowfield Ironworks Ltd Glasgow
Water Tube Condensers Clapham Brothers Ltd Keighley
Washing and Scrubbing Appliances W C Holmes & Co Huddersfield
Steam Boilers Stirling Boiler Co Ltd Edinburgh
Hydraulic Pumping Machinery Tannett Walker & Co Ltd Leeds
Gas Engines W Grice & Sons Birmingham

The engineer seems to have been particularly pleased with the gasholder, stating that "Messrs Clayton, Sons & Co Ltd of Leeds have faithfully carried out the designs and executed the work in a most satisfactory manner...".

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