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