Electric Generators in the Power Station; Hydraulic Pumps and Air-Compressors in the Power Station (Plate XLVIII.) _Facing page_ 104 THE ENGINE AND BOILER WORKS. (PAGES 106 TO 116.) View in Main Machine Shop (Plate XLIX.) _Facing page_ 106 Vertical Planing Machine; Multiple Spindle Drilling Machine (Plate L.) _Facing page_ 108 Surfacing and Boring Lathe (Plate LI.) _Adjoining_ " 109 Brass-Finishing Shop (Plate LII.) _Facing_ " 110 Tool, Gauge, Template and Jig Department (Plate LIII.) " " 112 In the Boiler Shop (Plate LIV.) " " 114 Hydraulic Plate-Bending Machine 114 [Illustration: decoration] Personalia. [Illustration: decoration] JOHN SCOTT (I) founded the firm in 1711, and engaged in the building of herring busses and small craft. There is, unfortunately, no engraving of him extant, so that our series of portraits on Plates II. and III. adjoining page 1, is to this extent incomplete. WILLIAM SCOTT, his son, born 1722, died 1769, succeeded him, and, with his brother, extended the business alike as regards the extent of the works, and the types of vessels built. His first square-rigged ship--of 1765--was the first vessel built on the Clyde for owners out of Scotland. JOHN SCOTT (II), born 1752, died 1837, son of William, greatly developed the works and built the dry dock and basin now included, with the original Yard, in the establishment of Messrs. Caird and Co., Limited. Under his _régime_ many ocean-going sailing ships were constructed, ship-work for the Navy was undertaken, the manufacture of steam machinery commenced in 1825, and Admiralty orders undertaken for engines for dockyard--as well as Greenock-built frigates. He built the Custom House Quay in 1791, bought Halkshill, the family seat, in 1815, was a partner in the Greenock Bank, and otherwise promoted the industries of the town. His brother, WILLIAM SCOTT (II), born 1756, migrated to Barnstaple, where he carried on an extensive shipbuilding industry, obtaining engines for the most of his steamships from the Greenock Works. CHARLES CUNINGHAM SCOTT, born 1794, died 1875, son of John Scott (II), along with his elder brother, John Scott (III), born 1785, died 1874, carried on the business as "John Scott and Sons," developing still further the progressive 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.