In the late 19th and early 20th centuries James Dunlop of Motherwell (near Glasgow), Scotland, was manufacturing steam hammers and oil engines. Dunlop died in 1907.
Information Sources
- 1896 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland
- 1899 History and directory of Motherwell. 1899-1900 lists, under Engineers, "Dunlop, James, Coursington Street."
- 1903 Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland has a text ad: "James Dunlop, Engineer, / Steam Hammers a Specialty. / Coursington Street Engine Works, Motherwell, N.B. / Oil Engine Manufacturers. / Colliery Repairing in all its Branches. / Ships' Winches and General Engineering."
- 1910 Trades Directory lists "Dunlop James, steam hammer maker, Motherwell, N.B. (Wm. Craig, agent) 11 Queen Victoria street E C".
- A 1912 report from the US Consulate in Melbourne reports on the shops of engineering firm Geo. W. Kelly & Lewis of that city. The shop's machinery includes a steam hammer from "Dunlop & Motherwell, of Glasgow". This mangled description is the first we had heard of Dunlop steam hammers.
- Grace's Guide 1907 obituary of James Dunlop, via Grace's Guide.