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Monkland Iron & Coal Co.

Started:
1872
Finished:
1881

Formed in 1872, taking forward the interests of the Monkland Iron & Steel Co., proprietors of the Calderbank Ironworks with a range of iron and coal pits in the West of Scotland. The company was wound-up in May 1881, succeeded by Monkland Iron Co. Ltd.