Tag Archives: engineering

A permanent home for the obelisk at last

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Jenny

These past couple of months have been spent evaluating the Museum Artefacts project and trying to tie up all the loose ends, but there was one last event that I really wanted to see happen before the project ended: the unveiling of the … Continue reading →

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Going to school with John Robertson

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Jenny

At the end of August I was invited to Neilston Primary School, to speak to two primary six classes about John Robertson, Neilston engineer.  The pupils will be researching him as part of a wider project on the Victorian era … Continue reading →

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Introducing (3) … John Robertson

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Jenny

The person most often connected to the “Comet”, the first paddle-steamer in regular service on the Clyde, is Henry Bell.  However, as anyone from Neilston will tell you, the engine of said steamship was designed by a man born in Neilston, … Continue reading →

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