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CLYDEBANK

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 573 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLYDEBANK , a See also:

police See also:burgh of See also:Dumbartonshire, See also:Scotland, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Clyde, 6 m. from See also:Glasgow. Pop. (1891) 10,014; (1901) 21,591. There, are stations at Yoker, Clydebank, Kilbowie and Dalmuir, all comprised within the burgh since 1886, served by both the See also:North See also:British and the Caledonian See also:railways. In 1875 the See also:district was almost purely rural, but since that date flourishing See also:industries have been planted in the different parts. At Clydebank are large See also:shipbuilding yards and See also:engineering See also:works; at Yoker there is some shipbuilding and a distillery; at Kilbowie the See also:Singer Manufacturing See also:Company have an immense factory, covering nearly 50 acres and giving employment to many thousands of operatives; at Dalmuir are the See also:building and repairing yards of the Clyde See also:Navigation See also:Trust. The import-See also:ant See also:Rothesay See also:Dock, under this trust, was opened by the See also:prince and princess of See also:Wales in See also:April 1907. The See also:municipality owns a See also:fine See also:town See also:hall and buildings. See also:Part of the See also:parish extends across the Clyde into the See also:shire of See also:Renfrew.

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