Motherwell and Wishaw


Motherwell and Wishaw

(wĭsh`ô), town (1991 pop. 30,616), North Lanarkshire, S central Scotland. The two parts of the town were united in 1920. Formerly a center of heavy industry (coal and steel), Motherwell is concentrating on light engineering to revitalize its declining economy.

Motherwell and Wishaw

 

a city in Great Britain, located in Strathclyde County, Scotland. Population, 74,200 (1971). Part of the Glasgow urban complex. Local industries include metallurgy and heavy machine building, and coal is mined nearby.