ock ▁is ▁comm emor ated ▁by ▁a ▁statue . ▁Several ▁locations ▁and ▁street ▁names ▁in ▁Green ock ▁recall ▁him , ▁most ▁not ably ▁the ▁W att ▁Memorial ▁Library , ▁which ▁was ▁begun ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 6 ▁with ▁W att ' s ▁don ation ▁of ▁scientific ▁books , ▁and ▁developed ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁W att ▁Institution ▁by ▁his ▁son ▁( which ▁ultimately ▁became ▁the ▁James ▁W att ▁College ). ▁T aken ▁over ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁authority ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 , ▁the ▁library ▁now ▁also ▁houses ▁the ▁local ▁history ▁collection ▁and ▁arch ives ▁of ▁In ver c ly de , ▁and ▁is ▁domin ated ▁by ▁a ▁large ▁se ated ▁statue ▁in ▁the ▁vest ib ule . ▁W att ▁is ▁addition ally ▁comm emor ated ▁by ▁stat u ary ▁in ▁George ▁Square , ▁Glasgow ▁and ▁Prin ces ▁Street , ▁Edinburgh , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁several ▁others ▁in ▁B irmingham , ▁where ▁he ▁is ▁also ▁remembered ▁by ▁the ▁Moon st ones ▁and ▁a ▁school ▁is ▁named ▁in ▁his ▁honour . ▁ ▁The ▁James ▁W att ▁College ▁has ▁expanded ▁from ▁its ▁original ▁location ▁to ▁include ▁camp uses ▁in ▁Kil win ning ▁( N orth ▁A yr shire ), ▁Finn art ▁Street ▁and ▁The ▁Water front ▁in ▁Green ock , ▁and ▁the ▁Sports ▁campus ▁in ▁L args . ▁Her iot - W att ▁University ▁near ▁Edinburgh ▁was ▁at ▁one ▁time ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Arts ▁of ▁Edinburgh , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 1 ▁as ▁the ▁world ' s ▁first ▁Mechan ics ▁Institute