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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARRHEAD  , a

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police
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burgh of
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Renfrewshire,
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Scotland, situated on the Levern, 7 m . S.W. of
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Glasgow by the Glasgow &
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South-Western railway . Pop . (1901) 9855 . Founded in 1773, it has gradually absorbed the villages of Arthurlie, Dovecothall and Grahamston, and become a thriving
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town . The
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chief
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industries include
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bleaching,
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calico-
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printing,
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cotton-
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spinning,
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weaving,
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iron and
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brass
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founding,
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engineering and the manufacture of sanitary appliances . Neilston (pop . 2668), about 2 M . S.W., has bleachfields and
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print-
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works, and 2 M . N. by E.
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lie Hurlet, where are important manufactures of
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alum and other chemicals, and Nitshill (pop . 1242) with chemical works, quarries and collieries .

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