Located on the Kinneil Estate, just to the east of Bo'ness and immediately to the southwest of Kinneil House. It was here that the pioneering engineer James Watt (1736 - 1819) devised his improved steam engine in 1765. At the time Watt was working closely with Dr. John Roebuck, who lived in Kinneil House. Together they were building an engine for a coal mine run by Roebuck in Bo'ness. An iron cylinder which was part of the engine remains beside the cottage.
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