Date: 1877
At the corner of the Wynd, he fixed a sign with the inscription, "Robert Napier, engineer and blacksmith."  In the course of time he removed his business from Greyfriars' Wynd to the Camlachie Founds, which had previously been occupied by his cousin David Napier, and there — he who is the theme of my story, began his pros- perous career as an engineer, by constructing an engine for a Dundee factory.  In the year 1824, he manufactured there, his first pair of marine engines.