Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock. Partly reprinted from "Engineering" (1920)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : Offices of "Engineering," 35 and 36, Beford Street, W.C.". · leaf 38
s in 1794, for the carriage of timber forthe Navy yards—each the largest ship built in Scotland of itsrespective year—signalised the beginning of a period of greateractivity, especially in respect of large ocean ships. Someyears before—1767—the Scotts had feued ground for a buildingyard on the… … oo o O 2; 03 o 03<! The Progress of Greenock. 5 graving dock of considerable size, and the inaugural proceedingsincluded a dinner held on the floor of the dock. Other develop-ments contributed to the prosperity of the port of Greenock,the chief of the establishment at this period being John…
