Fire at foundry

ID: GB1796_1999_116_XII_3 DESCRIPTION: This is the Rose Street Foundry in Inverness after a fire. The extent of the damage suggests that it was the fire of 1888, after which the company claimed £1016 from their insurance company. The foundry also suffered a fire in August 1897, resulting in an insurance claim of £500. The Rose Street Foundry & Engineering Co. Ltd. was later known as A I Welders and, from 1945, as Resistance Welders Ltd This image can be purchased. For further information about purchasing and prices please email the Highland Photographic Archive quoting the External ID. PLACENAME: Inverness OLD COUNTY/PARISH: INVERNESS: Inverness and Bona DATE OF IMAGE: 1888 PERIOD: 1880s SOURCE: Inverness Museum and Art Gallery COLLECTION: Joseph Cook Collection Asset ID: 11493 KEYWORDS:

• foundries
• fires