Greenock
[key], city, Inverclyde, W Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde. Greenock is a
port, and shipping and shipbuilding are major industries. Others include
engineering, textile manufacturing, sugar refining, and the production of
office equipment. Greenock is the birthplace of James Watt, the discoverer of steam power.
Robert Burns's
“Highland Mary” (Mary Campbell) was buried in the cemetery of
North Kirk. The church (founded 1591) with windows by William Morris, Edward
Burne-Jones, D. G. Rossetti, and Ford Madox Brown, was removed to nearby
Seafield to make room for expanding shipyards.
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