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Title
Local Heroes
Accession number
G3_GB_S029
Acquisition method
commissioned by Sustrans
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Sustrans
Custodian
Sustrans
Access
at all times
Inscription description
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THESE LOCAL PEOPLE… / JAMES WATT 1736-1819 / AS AN ENGINEER AND INVENTOR HE HELPED / INITIATE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND IN HOUOUR / THE ELECTRICAL UNIT OF POWER WAS NAMES AFTER HIM. / JIMMY REID / TRADE UNIONIST, COUNCILLOR AND JOURNALIST: HIS / ELOQUENCE AND PASSION GAINED HIM AN INTERNATIONAL / PROFILE AROUND THE WORLD. / TOM WEIR 1914-2010 / ACCOMPLISHED CLIMBER. AUTHOR AND BROADCASTER / BEST KNOWN FOR HIS TELEVISION SERIES WEIR'S WAY. WWW.SUSTRANS.ORG.UK / PORTRAIT BENCH. / THE CHARACTERS ON THIS PORTRAIT BENCH CHOSEN BY YOUR COMMUNITY / CELEBRATE / SUSTRANS / WINING A NATIONWIDE VOTE IN 2007 / TO CREATE NEW WALKING AND CYCLING ROUTES / ACROSS THE UK,FUNDED BY / THE BIG LOTTERY FUND / LOTTERY FUNDED SUSTRANS / WWW.SUSTRANS.ORG.UK