Engine Test Beds

Circa 1913

Back row from right James Brodie (collar and tie, no cap) Fitting Shop Superintendent, then Hugh Greig later senior outside engineer, as an apprentice I (George Bergius) worked with him overhauling engines in fishing boats etc. in Girvan, Greenock and other ports, next to him with mustache is Wm. Kay, who became Fitting Shop Superintendent after James Brodie. The two in the foreground are dealing with a pair of 7-1/2" bore twin cylinder blocks. The engines from right to left are a 5-1/2" 1 cyl, two 3-1/2" 4cyl and a 5-1/2" 2cyl.