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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 292 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GOVAN , a municipal and See also:

police See also:burgh of See also:Lanarkshire, See also:Scotland. It lies on the See also:south See also:bank of the See also:Clyde in actual contact with See also:Glasgow, and in a See also:parish of the same name which includes a large See also:part of the See also:city on both sides of the See also:river. Pop. (1891) 61,589; (19o1) 76,532. Govan remained little more than a See also:village till 186o, when the growth of See also:shipbuilding and allied trades gave its development an enormous impetus. Among its public buildings are the municipal See also:chambers, See also:combination See also:fever See also:hospital, Samaritan hospital and reception houses for the poor. See also:Elder See also:Park (40 acres) presented to the burgh in 1885 contains a statue of See also:John Elder (1824-1869), the See also:pioneer shipbuilder, the See also:husband of the donor. A statue of See also:Sir See also:William See also:Pearce (1833-1888), another well-known Govan shipbuilder, once M.P. for the burgh; stands at Govan See also:Cross. The Govan lunacy See also:board opened in 1896 an See also:asylum near See also:Paisley. Govan is supplied with Glasgow See also:gas and See also:water, and its tramways are leased by the Glasgow See also:corporation; but it has an electric See also:light See also:installation of its own, and performs all other municipal functions quite independently of the city, See also:annexation to which it has always strenuously resisted. See also:Prince's See also:Dock lies within its See also:bounds and the See also:ship-See also:building yards have turned out many famous ironclads and liners. Besides shipbuilding its other See also:industries are match-making, See also:silk-See also:weaving, See also:hair-working, See also:copper-working, See also:tube-making, weaving, and the manufacture of locomotives and See also:electrical apparatus.

The See also:

town forms the greater part of the Govan See also:division of Lanarkshire, which returns one member to See also:parliament.

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