Glasgow pump factory celebrates 130 years
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A manufacturing facility based in Cathcart, Glasgow, has released photos to celebrate 130 years of continuous operation at the site.
The facility's origins date to 1871, when two brothers, George and James Weir, started the pump manufacturing operation as part of G&J Weir.
Soon afterwards, they opened the current site at Cathcart in 1886.
Scottish entrepreneur Jim McColl bought Weir Pumps in 2007 and along with Union Pumps, he formed ClydeUnion Pumps group
The US engineering company SPX Flow bought ClydeUnion Pumps group in December 2011.
SPX flow said it was one of the longest running facilities of its type in the UK.
The pump factory was set up in Cathcart, Glasgow in 1886.
The Pattern Shop in 1901
The factory as it is now
Draughtsmen at work in the Glasgow facility
An SPX Flow worker at the plant
Men at the factory in about 1900
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (then Queen Consort) visiting the Glasgow facility