Weir Group, 1871-2021

In 1871 two brothers, George and James Weir, founded the engineering firm of G. & J. Weir, one of a booming range of industry on the west coast of Scotland. At their Cathcart works in Glasgow the Weirs produced their own groundbreaking inventions, all crucial to the development of steam ships at that time.Today, 130 turbulent years later, the Weir Group is almost the last of those once-flourishing...