D. and W. Henderson and Company

D. and W. Henderson and Company
Map of the Glasgow docks in 1909 showing D & W Henderson & Co.

David & William Henderson and Company was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding company, based on Clydeside. The company was founded in 1872 and continued to operate until 1936. The company shipyard was on the northern banks of the River Clyde at the point where the River Kelvin joins the Clyde.

The company was originally founded in 1835 as Tod and McGregor by David Tod and John Macgregor carrying out marine engineering work.[1]

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