The statue of William Pearce and the Pearce Institute, which is named after him, at Govan Cross in Glasgow.

Built in 1906 to a design by Rowand Anderson, the Pearce Institute was gifted to the working people of Govan by Lady Pearce in memory of her late husband who ran the nearby Fairfield Shipyard and turned it into one of the most advanved in the world.

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