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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 288 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GOUROCK , a See also:

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

police See also:

burgh and watering-See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

RENFREW

Renfrew-See also:

SHIRE

shire, See also:

Scotland, on the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

SHORE

shore of the See also:

Firth of See also:

Clyde, 31, m. W. by N. of See also:

GREENOCK

Greenock by the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1901) 5261. It is partly situated on a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

BAY

bay affording See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good anchorage, for which it is largely resorted to by the numerous yacht clubs of the Clyde. The See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the railway from Greenock (in 1889) to the commodious See also:

PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier, with a See also:

TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel 13 m. See also:

long, the longest in Scotland, affords See also:

GREAT

great facilities for travel to the ports of the Firth, the See also:

sea lochs on the southern Highland See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and the Crinan See also:

Canal. The See also:

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence called Barrhill (48o ft. high) divides the See also:

TOWN

town into two parts, the eastern known as Kempoch, the western as See also:

ASHTON

Ashton. Near Kempoch point is a monolith of See also:

MICA

mica-schist, 6 ft. high, called " Granny Kempoch," which the superstitious of other days regarded as possessing See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over the winds, and which was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene, in 1662, of certain See also:

RITES

rites that led to the celebrants being burned as witches. Gamble See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute (named after the founder) contains halls, recreation rooms, a public library and See also:

BATHS

baths. It is said that Gourock was the first place on the Clyde where See also:

HERRINGS, BATTLE OF THE

herrings were cured. There is See also:

TRAMWAY

tramway communication with Greenock and Ashton. About 3 m.

S.W. there stands on the shore the See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar See also:

BEACON (from the O. Eng. beacn, a sign, cf. " beckon," another form of the same word)

beacon of the Cloch. Gourock became a burgh of See also:

BARONY

barony in 1694.

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