Collection OM/315 - Archibald McCunn papers

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GB 249 OM/315

Title

Archibald McCunn papers

Date(s)

  • 2004 (Creation)

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4 items

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Biographical history

Graduate of Royal Technical College, Glasgow, 1952. Chief Ironworks Engineer at Ravenscraig Steelworks. Inventor of Colvilles-McCunn flexible tuyere stock.

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Scope and content

Correspondence between McCunn and Andrew Hamnett, Principal of the University of Strathclyde; article on Colvilles-McCunn Flexible Tuyere Stock; photograph of a blast furnace.

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Open

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  • English

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    Item level list available in reading room.

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    Existence and location of copies

    Article and photograph are duplicates of material in Science Museum, London.

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