14-494: Robert Steele or Rob Steele may refer to: Robert Steele, (1745–1830) Scottish shipbuilder, founder of Robert Steele & Company , 1815 Robert Steele (drum major) (1760–1833), American Revolutionary War drummer and drum major Robert Steele (principal) , principal of the University of Pittsburgh , 1800–1801 Robert Williamson Steele (1820–1901), governor of
28-559: A great deal of my life in here. From age 16 to... well, I started at 15. I started my apprenticeship at 16 and finished when I was 21. Stayed till I was 22, and moved along. I finished welding when I was 24. When I came here, as an apprentice, there was six ships being built, right where I'm standing. It was an extraordinary place. A hive of activity. Welders, caulkers, platers, burners, joiners, engineers, electricians. I learned how men talked to one another, and how merciless Glasgow humour can be. It has made an indelible mark on me." His foreman
42-807: A member of the third generation of the family, merged the Aberdeen and Arbroath businesses in 1828 and then, after closing the Aberdeen yard in 1829, moved production to the Panmure yard in Dundee in 1842. In 1850 Alexander Stephen arranged a lease of the Kelvinhaugh yard in Glasgow from Robert Black for twenty years from May, 1851. The site of the Kelvinhaugh yard is now Yorkhill Quay. The Arbroath yard finally closed in 1857. Due to
56-486: The 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 15 See also [ edit ] Bob Steele (disambiguation) Bobby Steele (born 1956), American musician Robert Steel (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
70-660: The River Clyde and, initially, on the east coast of Scotland. The company's roots can be found in Alexander Stephen (1722–1793) who began shipbuilding at Burghead on the Moray Firth in 1750. In 1793 William Stephen (1759–1838), a descendant of his, established a firm of shipbuilders at Footdee in Aberdeen . In 1813 another member of the family, again called William (1789–1829), commenced shipbuilding at Arbroath . Alexander Stephen (1795–1875),
84-650: The Clyde Port Authority in 1967. There is no knowledge of the earliest ships built, but the last 153 which were built on the East Coast are recorded. On the Clyde the firm built 697 ships, 147 at the Kelvinhaugh shipyard and the remainder at Linthouse. It was at Stephens shipyard that Billy Connolly served his apprenticeship as a boilermaker. In 1992, he returned to the site of the now-demolished shipyard he worked at 35 years earlier. "What an extraordinary feeling. I spent
98-555: The Tea Clippers built by Robert Steele and company: From 1854 the company started building iron ships, such as Irish ferry, ss Mangerton , an 1855 Robert Steele steamship, which struck wooden barque Josephine Willis in 1856 Alexander Stephen and Sons Alexander Stephen and Sons Limited , often referred to simply as Alex Stephens or just Stephens , was a Scottish shipbuilding company based in Linthouse , Glasgow , on
112-1021: The extralegal Jefferson Territory, U.S.A, 1859–1861 Robert Steele (medievalist) (1860–1944), editor of the works of Roger Bacon Robert Steele (sailor) (1893-1969), British Olympic sailor Robert Cecil Steele (1903–1976), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Lanny Steele (Robert L. Steele, 1933–1994), American jazz pianist Robert H. Steele (born 1938), U.S. Representative for Connecticut, 1970–1975 Robert David Steele (1952–2021), former CIA officer and conspiracy theorist Robert Steele (American football) (born 1956), former NFL wide receiver Robert Steele (Illinois politician) (1961–2017), commissioner of Cook County, Illinois Robert Steele (MP) (c. 1757–1817), British politician and judge Rob Steele (actor) (died 2022), Australian actor, in Muriel's Wedding (1994) Rob Steele, Republican candidate in
126-420: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Steele&oldid=1243640668 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robert Steele %26 Company Robert Steele & Company
140-574: The restrictions in size of the Kelvinhaugh yard, as well as the impending expiry of the lease, in 1870 the Glasgow business moved to a new site at Linthouse . The Dundee shipyard was sold to the Dundee Shipbuilders Company in 1893. In a tragic disaster in 1883, Daphne , a steamship, capsized after its launch from the Linthouse yard, and 124 workers lost their lives. In 1968, Stephens
154-446: Was Sammy Boyd, but the two biggest influences on him, according to the book written by his wife Pamela, were Jimmy Lucas and Bobby Dalgleish. Jimmy was one of Billy's trainers in the yard who helped him to hone his skills as a welder and a comedian. Part of the site is now occupied by a Thales Optronics facility, with the former main office building converted into lettable office space by Govan Workspace. The A-listed former Engine Shop
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#1733093080444168-627: Was a shipbuilder based in Greenock, Scotland , formed in 1815 by Robert Steele (1745-1830) and two sons. It followed dissolution of an earlier shipbuilding partnership between Robert Steele and John Carswell, known as "Steele and Carswell." The first vessel the company built was the three-masted barque Rebecca. The company was one of the shipbuilders credited with the development of the four-masted barque along with Alexander Stephen and Sons . The company built twenty China tea clippers , many of which won China Tea Races . The following are some of
182-602: Was incorporated into Upper Clyde Shipbuilders and was closed after the latter organisation collapsed in 1971. The engineering and ship repair elements of Alexander Stephen & Sons were not part of the UCS merger and continued until 1976, with the Company eventually wound up in 1982, when the shareholders were repaid. The ship repair business was based at the Govan Graving Docks [ de ] , which had been purchased from
196-669: Was salvaged by the Scottish Maritime Museum in 1991 and rebuilt at its site in Irvine . University of Glasgow Archives hold a number of separately catalogued records collections for various Clyde shipbuilding firms associated with the name Alexander Stephen. For ship's plans, two of the larger holdings are "Collection of miscellaneous ship plans built on the river Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland" (gb 248 GB 248 UGD 130/5) and "Records of Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Ltd, Linthouse Division, shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland" (gb 248 GB 248 UGD 349). However
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