Museum Photographs Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Photograph Collection |
Catalogue Number |
P4191 |
Title |
The site of James Watt's Birthplace, Dalrymple Street, Greenock |
Date |
c 1877 |
Event |
Greenock Improvement Scheme 1877 |
Place |
Greenock/Inverclyde/Scotland/United Kingdom |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Medium |
Photographic Paper/Photographic Emulsion |
Processing Method |
Bromide Print |
Photographer |
Greenock Burgh Improvement Trust |
Description |
Monochrome print on paper showing a view of James Watt's birthplace at the corner of William Street and Dalrymple Street, Greenock. Inscribed 'Site of the house where James Watt was born'. This photograph was probably taken as part of a survey prior to the Greenock Improvement Scheme of 1877. Some, possibly all, the images were taken by Robert Urie (born c 1823). |
People |
Watt, James, 1736-1819, engineer and inventor |
Search Terms |
William Street, Greenock Dalrymple Street, Greenock Greenock Improvement Scheme 1877 |