In those years the firm of John Laird of Birkenhead began the building of practical iron vessels, and he was followed soon by Sir William Fairbairn at Manchester, and Randolph, Elder & Co. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
And so the house remained, and remains (till this day, the 7th of February, 1571,) in the custody of the said Laird of Bargany and of his servants. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Stockton_ (the latter built by the Lairds of Birkenhead and launched in 1837). 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.