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CLYDEBANK
, a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Dumbartonshire, See also:Scotland, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Clyde, 6 m. from See also:Glasgow
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Pop
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(1891) 10,014; (1901) 21,591
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There, are stations at Yoker, Clydebank, Kilbowie and Dalmuir, all comprised within the burgh since 1886, served by both the See also:North See also:British and the Caledonian See also:railways
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In 1875 the See also:district was almost purely rural, but since that date flourishing See also:industries have been planted in the different
parts
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At Clydebank are large See also:shipbuilding yards and See also:engineering See also:works; at Yoker there is some shipbuilding and a distillery; at Kilbowie the See also:Singer Manufacturing See also:Company have an immense factory, covering nearly 50 acres and giving employment to many thousands of operatives; at Dalmuir are the See also:building and repairing yards of the Clyde See also:Navigation See also:Trust
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The import-See also:ant See also:Rothesay See also:Dock, under this trust, was opened by the See also:prince and princess of See also:Wales in See also:April 1907
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The See also:municipality owns a See also:fine See also:town See also: |
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