Two Centuries of Shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Two Centuries of Shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock Scott (iii), born 1785, died 1874, carried on the business as John Scott and Sons, developing still further the progres sive policy of his father, who had been responsible for the works for about half a century. The Cartsdyke Yard was commenced in 1850 by Charles Cuningham Scott, and his son John, under the style of Scott and Co., and this firm is the one which has maintained the continuity of the Scotts' association with shipbuilding, john scott (iv), born 1830, died and robert sinclair scott, born 1843, died 1905, sons of Charles Cuningham Scott, were responsible for the progress for nearly forty years, and the former was created a Companion of the Bath in 1887. During their frégimc the firm took a large part in the introduction of the steamship for over-sea voyages; in the development of high steam pressures and of the multiple-expansion engine, which greatly improved the economy of the steam engine and in naval work, with its incidental advancement. They completely recon structed the Cartsdyke Works, and greatly improved what is now known as the Cartsburn Dockyard, modernising the equipment. The co-partnery was, for family reasons, registered in 1900 under the Limited Liability Company Law. Charles cuninghaii scott, son of John Scott, c.b., is now the head of the concern and Chairman of the Company (scotts' Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited), and with him on the directorate are his brother robert lyons scott, C. Mumme, and James Brown. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.