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William Fairbairn & Sons

1832 – 1863

: William Fairbairn and Sons

Factory producing steamships, steam engines and locomotives.

The owner of the William Fairbairn & Sons factory was William Fairbairn, a good friend of Johann Conrad Fischer.

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Traveljournal 1825

Traveljournal 1851

  • Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.
  • Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischers Reisen durch die Industriegebiete Englands 1814–1851. In: Tradition - Zeitschrift für Firmengeschichte und Unternehmensbiographie 1964, S. 123.
  • Henderson, W. O.: J. C. Fischer and his Diary of Industrial England 1814–1851. London 1966, S. 63.
  • William Fairbairn and Sons. In: Grace’s Guide To British Industrial History (Grace’s Guide, Stand 4.7.2022).

Cite as: William Fairbairn & Sons. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-7612, viewed on 16 July 2025.