Semiconductors were meant to be the saviour of Scottish industry – we were told not to worry too much about the death of heavy industry because the future was in high-tech. Politicians had great fun talking about Silicon Glen, boasting about all the electronics companies who were setting up factories in Scotland, and not mentioning the huge government subsidies offered to these companies.
James Watt Dock Crane
There are four giant cantilever cranes left on the Clyde – the Finnieston, Barclay Curle, John Brown, and this one – the James Watt dock in Greenock. The latter three were all made by Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd. – this is a picture of the James Watt crane from a 1927 Arrols catalogue:
