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Sir William Arrol
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or "SIR WILLIAM ARROL (1839-1913), British engineer, was born at Houston, Renfrewshire, Feb. 13 1839. In his boyhood he was apprenticed to a smith at Paisley, and worked through several engineering shops until, in 1868, he was able to set up as a boiler-maker. In 1872 he took up construction in steel and started the Dalmarnock ironworks, becoming an expert in bridge-building. The Caledonian Railway bridge at Glasgow, the reconstructed Tay bridge (1882-7), Forth bridge (1882-9), the Tower bridge, London, and the Nile lgridge at Cairo were amongst his principal achievements. He was knighted in 1890. He sat in the House of Commons for Ayrshire (S.) as a Unionist member from 1895-1906. He died at Ayr Feb. 20 1913. See Sir Robert Purvis, Sir William Arrol (1913).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Sir William Arrol'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/sir-william-arrol.html. 1910.
