Sir William Arrol & Co.

E177882

bridge construction company civil engineering company construction company

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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Label	Occurrences
Sir William Arrol & Co. canonical	5
William Arrol & Co.	1

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 ⓘ surface form: Forth Bridge over the Firth of Forth Tower Bridge ⓘ surface form: Tower Bridge over the River Thames replacement Tay Rail Bridge over the Firth of Tay ⓘ
notableWork	Titan Clydebank crane ⓘ surface form: Clydebank Titan Crane Forth Bridge ⓘ Forth Road Bridge steelwork (contractor) ⓘ King George V Bridge, Glasgow ⓘ Newport Transporter Bridge ⓘ surface form: Newport Transporter Bridge (steelwork) Titan Clydebank crane ⓘ surface form: Queen Mary shipbuilding gantry Tay Rail Bridge ⓘ surface form: Tay Rail Bridge (second) Tees Transporter Bridge ⓘ surface form: Tees Transporter Bridge (steelwork) Harland and Wolff ⓘ surface form: Titanic gantry at Harland and Wolff shipyard 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 → Sir William Arrol & Co. ⓘ

this entity surface form: 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. ⓘ