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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 219 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LARKHALL , a See also:

MINING

mining and manufacturing See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

LANARK

Lanark-See also:

SHIRE

shire, See also:

Scotland, near the See also:

LEFT

left See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

Clyde, 1 m. S.E. of See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow by the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1901) 11,879. The highest See also:

BRIDGE

bridge in Scotland has been thrown across the See also:

RIVER

river See also:

AVON

Avon, which flows See also:

close by. See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

Brick-making is carried on at several of the adjoining collieries. Other See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

BLEACHING

bleaching, See also:

SILK

silk-See also:

WEAVING

weaving, See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

clay and enamelling See also:

WORKS

works, and a sanitary appliances factory. The town has a public See also:

hall and See also:

BATHS

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