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A.& J. Main & Co. Ltd was a historic Scottish structural engineering, ironwork, and construction firm founded in the late 1860s (around 1867) by brothers Alexander J. and James A. R. Main, operating out of Port Dundas and later the Clydesdale Iron Works in Glasgow. They specialized in structural steelwork, iron bridges, prefabricated iron and steel-framed buildings, Nissen huts, fencing, gates, and agricultural or industrial sheds, and historical vintage enamel signs bearing their name or Dublin agency connections occasionally surface!

Alexander died in 1873, leaving branches in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London to his brother James, and son, Robert. James died at his home in Skelmorlie in 1896, a coastal resort town popular with wealthy Glasgow businessmen. Robert, and a second-generation James Main Junior, continued into the 20th century as a firm of structural engineers. They incorporated the business of the Arrol Bridge & Roof Co. around 1908, taking over the latter's Germiston Works, Springburn, Glasgow. A. & J. Main closed down in 1968

Now available and on offer, one A & J main and Co. Contractors Dublin, enamel sign, 15'x 9'' inch. Great sign! Great age! Not a lot of them around, scarcely turn up in various guises, seen lesser condition one’s fetch decent auction money in rough nick! This display’s well, kept indoors in the time we’ve owned it.

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