Bridge Of Weir
Bridge of Weir is a village within the Renfrewshire council area and also wider historical area of Renfrewshire in the west main Lowlands of Scotland. Lying within the Gryffe Valley as well as giving a going across factor for the River Gryffe, the town today serves mainly as a dormitory negotiation for neighboring Glasgow as well as Paisley although it maintains a business centre of its very own and some light industry. The first semblances of the town came to be with the surge of the West of Scotland cotton industry. From around 1793 the river Gryffe was being made use of to power various cotton spinning as well as blanket making mills. The most significant sector to emerge in the town was natural leather. At its efficiency optimal the tiny town sustained 3 tanneries. The natural leather industry endures to this day, currently on a solitary site, in the form of a highly successful, modern-day facility with 5 Queen's Awards for International Business.