![]() At this point, the firm employed 14 men and had a capital of £800. In 1845, they leased the Wood Yard which had been their father's old premises and they fitted this out for the building of iron steamers. Within a year of establishing their new company, the brothers moved back to Dumbarton and were in business as shipbuilders, taking up the lease of a small yard known as Kirk Yard situated on the banks of the River Leven. ![]() Alexander had been in business independently as a marine architect in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and Peter had worked as a clerk before becoming assistant to, first, William in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland, and then Alexander in Paisley. William had been chief draughtsman in the Belfast, Northern Ireland, yard of Coats & Young before he was appointed yard manager at Robert Napier's Govan yard in 1842. After his death, three of his six sons, William, Alexander and Peter ( 1821-1895 ), set up a partnership in 1844, known as Denny Brothers, marine architects, to design iron steamers. The Denny family was engaged in steamship construction from as early as 1814 when William Denny Snr ( 1779-1833 ) formed a partnership, located in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with Archibald McLachlan. ![]()
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