Tour Scotland 4K travel video, with Scottish music, of a Winter morning road trip drive on Greenock Road on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Port Glasgow and Greenock, Scottish Gaelic: Grianaig, Inverclyde, Britain, United Kingdom. In the 17th century Greenock was a small fishing village consisting of one row of thatched cottages. Port facilities were greatly improved during the 18th and 19th centuries, and shipbuilding, marine engineering, sugar refining, and textile manufacture developed and expanded. Large numbers of warships and passenger liners were built in Greenock’s extensive shipyards, which stretched to neighbouring Port Glasgow. The first harbour,, finished in 1710, has been periodically improved, and there are several tidal harbours and graving docks, for cleaning ships’ bottoms, and other dry docks. During World War II Greenock was a Free French naval base and was heavily damaged by bombing. A granite cross above the town serves as a memorial to the French sailors who lost their lives in the Battle of the Atlantic. Shipbuilding had ceased in Greenock by the mid 1980s, but ship repair continued to be important. James Watt was born on January 19, 1736, in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was a Scottish instrument maker and inventor whose steam engine contributed substantially to the Industrial Revolution. Watt was also known for patenting the double-acting engine and an early steam locomotive. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1785. He died August 25, 1819, at Heathfield Hall, near Birmingham, Warwick, England. y the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip
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