Looking for a gift for a James Watt fan? Head over to the Watt Institution in Greenock - home of the McLean Museum and Art Gallery and Watt Library. The venue is selling Watt memorabilia - including pens, badges, tea towels and umbrellas. Looking for some stocking fillers ? We have James Watt pens, badges, … Continue reading Stock up on Watt goodies this Christmas
The complex that celebrates Watt in his hometown
At the heart of Greenock - on the west coast of Scotland - is a complex which celebrates James Watt, learning and local heritage. This is the Watt Institution - a series of buildings housing the Watt Library, the Watt Hall and McLean Museum and Art Gallery. The buildings cover part of Union Street and Kelly Street … Continue reading The complex that celebrates Watt in his hometown
Sign of the times at Kinneil
Historic Environment Scotland has revamped some of the signs at the site of the former cottage workshop of James Watt. The organisation has remade and remounted plaques on a historic steam engine cylinder, sited next to the remains of the Watt workshop at Kinneil Estate, Bo'ness. The workshop was built in the 1760s behind Kinneil … Continue reading Sign of the times at Kinneil
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