CLYDEBANK  , a

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