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GREENOCK , a municipal and See also:police See also:burgh and seaport of See also:Renfrewshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:southern See also:shore of the See also:Firth of See also:Clyde, 23 M. W. by N. of See also:Glasgow by the Caledonian and the Glasgow & See also:South-Western See also:railways, 21 M. by the See also:river and firth. Pop. (1901) 68,142. The See also:town has a See also:water frontage of nearly 4 M. and rises gradually to the hills behind the town in which are situated, about 3 M. distant, See also:Loch, Thom and Loch Gryfe, from both of which is derived the water See also:supply for domestic use, and for See also:driving several See also:mills and factories. The streets are
laid out on the comparatively level See also:tract behind the firth, the older thoroughfares and buildings lying in the centre. The See also:west end contains numerous handsome villas and a See also:fine esplanade, r1m. See also:long, See also:running from See also:Prince's See also:Pier to Fort See also:Matilda, which is supplied with submarine mines for the See also:defence of the river. The capacious See also:bay, formerly known as the Bay of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence from a religious See also:house longsince demolished, is protected by a sandbank that ends here, and is hence known as the Tail of the See also:Bank. The fairway between this bank, which begins to the west of See also:Dumbarton, and the southern shore constitutes the safest anchorage in the upper firth. There is a continuous See also:line of electric tramways, connecting with See also:Port Glasgow on the See also:east and See also:Gourock on the west, a See also:total distance of 71 M. The See also:annual rainfall amounts to 64 in. and Greenock thus has the reputation of being the wettest town in Scotland.
Many of the public buildings are fine structures. The municipal buildings, an ornate example of See also:Italian See also:Renaissance, with a See also:tower 244 ft. high, were opened in 1887. The See also:custom house on the old steamboat See also:quay, in classic See also:style with a Doric See also:portico, See also:dates from 1818. The See also:county buildings (1867) have a tower and See also:spire 112 ft. high. The See also:Watt Institution, founded in 1837 by a son of the famous engineer, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James Watt, contains the public library (established in 1783), the Watt scientific library (presented in 1816 by Watt himself), and the See also:marble statue of James Watt by See also:Sir See also:Francis See also:Chantrey. Adjoining it are the museum and lecture See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, the See also:gift of James McLean, opened in 1876. Other buildings are the See also:sheriff See also:court house, and the See also:Spence Library, founded by the widow of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Spence the mathematician. In addition to; lumerous See also:board See also:schools there are the Greenock See also:academy for secondary See also:education, the technical See also:college (1900), the school of See also:art, and a school of See also:navigation and See also:engineering. The charitable institutions include the infirmary; the See also:cholera See also:hospital; the See also:eye infirmary; the See also:fever reception house; Sir See also:Gabriel See also:Wood's mariners' See also:asylum, an Elizabethan See also:building erected in 1851 for the See also:accommodation of aged See also:merchant See also:sea-men; and the See also:Smithson poorhouse and lunatic asylum, built beyond the southern boundary in 1879. Near See also:Albert See also:Harbour stands the old west now the See also:north See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church (a See also:Gothic edifice dating from 1591) containing some stained-See also:glass windows by William See also:Morris; in its kirkyard See also:Burns's " Highland See also:Mary " was buried (1786). The west parish church in See also:Nicholson See also:Street (1839) is in the Italian Renaissance style and has a campanile. The See also:middle parish church (1759) in See also:Cathcart Square is in the Classic style with a fine spire. Besides See also:burial grounds near the infirmary and attached to a few of the older churches, a beautiful See also:cemetery, 90 acres in extent, has been laid out in the south-western See also:district. The parks and open spaces include See also:Wellington See also:Park, Well Park in the See also:heart of the town (these were the gift of Sir See also:Michael See also:Shaw-See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart), Whin See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, Lyle Road—a broad drive winding over the heights towards Gourock, constructed as a " See also:relief See also:work " in the severe See also:winter of 1899–1880.
Greenock is under the See also:jurisdiction of a town See also:council with See also:provost and bailies. It is a See also:parliamentary burgh, represented by one member. The See also:corporation owns the supplies of water (the equipment of See also:works and reservoirs is remarkably See also:complete), See also:gas, electric See also:light and See also:power, and the tramways (leased to a See also:company). The See also:staple See also:industries are See also:shipbuilding (established in 176o) and See also:sugar refining (1765). Greenock-built vessels have always been esteemed, and many See also:Cunard, P. & O. and See also:Allan liners have been constructed in the yards. The town has been one of the See also:chief centres of the sugar See also:industry. Other important industries include the making of boilers, See also:steam-engines, locomotives, anchors, See also:chain-cables, See also:sailcloth, See also:ropes, See also:paper, woollen and worsted goods, besides See also:general engineering, an See also:aluminium factory, a See also:flax-See also:spinning See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill, distilleries and an oil-refinery. The See also:seal and See also:whale See also:fisheries, once vigorously prosecuted, are See also:extinct, but the fishing-fleets for the See also:home See also:waters and the See also:Newfoundland grounds are considerable. Till 1772 the town leased the first harbour (finished in 171o) from Sir See also:John Shaw, the See also:superior, but acquired it in that and the following See also:year, and a graving See also:dock was opened in 1786. Since then additions and improvements have been periodically in progress, and there are now severaltidal harbours—among them See also:Victoria harbour, Albert harbour, the west harbour, the east harbour, the See also:northern tidal harbour, the western tidal harbour, the See also:great harbour and James Watt dock (completed in 1886 at a cost of £65o,000 with an See also:area of 2000 ft. by 400 ft. with a See also:depth at See also:low water of 32 ft.), Garvel graving dock and other dry docks. The quayage exceeds See also:loo acres in area and the quay walls are over 3 M. in length. Both the Caledonian and the Glasgow & South-Western railways (in Prince's Pier the latter company possesses a landing-See also:stage nearly 1400 ft. long) have See also:access to the quays. From first to last the outlay on the harbour has exceeded £1,500,000.
In the earlier See also:part of the 17th See also:century Greenock was a fishing See also:village, consisting of one See also:row of thatched cottages. A century later there were only six slated houses in the See also:place. In 1635 it was erected by See also:Charles I. into a burgh of See also:barony under a See also:charter granted to John Shaw, the See also:government being administered by a See also:baron-bailie, or See also:magistrate, appointed by the superior. Its commercial prosperity received an enormous impetus from the Treaty of See also:Union (1707), under which See also:trade with See also:America and the West Indies rapidly See also:developed. The See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence suspended progress for a brief See also:interval, but revival set in in 1783, and within the following seven years See also:shipping trebled in amount. Meanwhile Sir John Shaw—to whom and to whose descendants, the Shaw-Stewarts, the town has always been indebted—by charter (dated 1741 and 1751) had empowered the householders to elect a council of nine members, which proved to be the most liberal constitution of any Scots burgh See also:prior to the Reform See also:Act of 1832, when Greenock was raised to the status of a parliamentary burgh with the right to return one member to See also:parliament. Greenock was the birthplace of James Watt, William Spence (1777–1815) and Dr John See also:Caird (182o–1898), See also:principal of Glasgow University, who died in the town and was buried in Greenock cemetery. John See also:Galt, the novelist, was educated in Greenock, where he also served some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in the custom house as a clerk. Rob See also:Roy is said to have raided the town in 1715.
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