Archibald Low

MR. ARCHIBALD LOW, The Partick Brass Foundry Co., 78, Merkland Street ; and 15, Maxwell Street, Partick, Glasgow.

    Amongst the leading industries of which Partick forms an important centre must be classed that of the various branches of brass-working represented by the old-established house of Mr. Archibald Low, trading under the style of the Partick Brass Foundry Company. This business was founded about half a century ago and has since been greatly developed by the well-directed energy and enterprise of the successive proprietors of the undertaking.

    The premises comprising the foundry are situated at 78, Merkland Street, and include spacious showroom having a frontage of 60ft., in which is displayed the large and comprehensive stock of baths, water closets, and other sanitary appliances, combining all the most recent improvements and every description of plumbing and gas fitting requisites, &c. Adjoining the showroom are the plumbers’ workshops, and here also are situated the offices.

    In the rear, approached by gateway entrance, is the brass foundry, comprising spacious accommodation for the various departments and fitted throughout with plant and machinery of the best type for facilitating the processes of the trade. The Maxwell Street establishment is devoted entirely to the plumbing and gas fitting departments of the business and is conducted as a distinctly separate undertaking, employing in each case a different set of books. The trade done by the firm is principally in connection with ships’ plumbing and sanitary work generally, but also includes house plumbing and gas fitting and every description of brass founding.

    A first-class connection has been established by Mr. Low in each branch of the business, which includes the leading ship owners and builders on the Clyde and a wide circle of property owners, builders, and contractors in the district. A numerous staff of skilled workmen is employed in the several departments of the business, which is managed throughout under the personal direction of the principal with efficiency and skill, and well maintains the reputation so long enjoyed by the proprietor for uniform excellence of material, design, and workmanship in each branch of this thoroughly representative industrial undertaking.

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