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ARDROSSAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 451 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARDROSSAN , a seaport, See also:

burgh of See also:

BARONY

barony, and See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police burgh of See also:

AYRSHIRE

Ayrshire, See also:

Scotland, 32 M. from See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow by the Glasgow & See also:

South-Western railway, and 291 M. by the See also:

LANARKSHIRE

Lanarkshire & Ayrshire See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1901) 6079. The rise of Ardrossan was due to the enterprise of See also:

Hugh, 12th See also:

EARL

earl of See also:

EGLINTON, EARLS OF

Eglinton, who began the construction of the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour in 18o6. The harbour was intended to be in connexion with a See also:

canal from Glasgow to Ardrossan, but this was only completed as far as See also:

JOHNSTONE

Johnstone. Owing to the costliness of the undertaking, and the See also:

DEATH

death of the earl in 1819, the See also:

WORKS

works were suspended after an outlay of £1oo,000, but his successor completed the See also:

SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme on a reduced See also:

scale at an expense of another £1oo,000. The See also:

DOCK

dock See also:

ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation has since been consider-ably extended, and the town enjoys See also:

GREAT

great prosperity. Steamers run every See also:

WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week-See also:

day to See also:

Arran and See also:

BELFAST

Belfast, and during summer there is a service also to See also:

Douglas in the Isle of See also:

Man. The exports consist principally of See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron from collieries and iron-works in the neighbourhood; and the imports of See also:

TIMBER

timber, ores and See also:

general goods. See also:

SHIPBUILDING

Shipbuilding thrives and the See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are important. The town is governed by a See also:

PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

provost and See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

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