Falkirk Brass Works

Falkirk Brass Foundry Co                                                  1888-1890

Falkirk Brass & Sanitary Engineering Co Ltd                1901-

Illus: 1898 Ordnance Survey Map (National Library of Scotland).

Sites & Monuments Record

Lady’s MillSMR 679NS 896 802

Timeline

See Ladysmill Foundry.

1880s: Cleaned, polished and lacquered ornamental brass work.

1890: On sale as a going concern, but buildings acquired in 1892 by Charles MacDonald of Alloa for use as a tobacco pipe manufactory.

1899: Falkirk Brass & Sanitary Co established and the building at Lady’s Mill again used.  Made brass fittings for baths, lavatories, public houses, etc.  Alexander Munro-Brown of Glasgow junior partner.

1906: New offices and stores. 

1930s: A.M. Brown, managing director.

1950: Munro-Brown died in January.

A member of the National Hardware Alliance.

Products

Fire hose couplings, hot-water towel rails.

G.B. Bailey, 2021