Old Photographs Bridge Of Weir Scotland

Old photograph of shops, houses and people in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. The first semblances of the village came to be with the rise of the West of Scotland cotton industry. From around 1793 the river Gryffe was being used to power numerous cotton spinning and blanket making mills. The most significant industry to emerge in the village was leather. At its productivity peak the small village supported three tanneries.

Old photograph of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.

Old photograph of Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.

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