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DALRY (Gaelic, " the field of the kin...

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 777 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DALRY (Gaelic, " the See also:field of the See also:king ")  , a See also:mining and manufacturing See also:town of See also:Ayrshire, See also:Scotland, on the Garnock, 234 M . S.W. of See also:Glasgow, by the Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway . Pop . (1901) 5316 . The public buildings include the library and See also:reading-See also:room, the See also:assembly rooms, Davidshill See also:hospital, See also:Temperance See also:hall and See also:night See also:asylum . There is a public See also:park . The See also:industries consist of woollen factories, worsted See also:spinning, See also:box-, See also:cabinet-, See also:coke- and See also:brick-making, See also:machine-See also:knitting, currying and the manufacture of aerated See also:waters . See also:Coal and See also:iron are found, but mining is not extensively pursued . In the vicinity are the iron See also:works of See also:Blair and Glengarnock, and a curious stalactite See also:cave, known as See also:Elf See also:House, 30 ft. high and about 200 ft. See also:long, offering some resemblance to a pointed See also:aisle . See also:Rye See also:Water flows into the Garnock See also:close to the town . See also:Captain See also:Thomas See also:Crawford of Jordanhill (1530-1603), the captor of See also:Dumbarton See also:Castle, spent the closing years of his See also:life at See also:Dalry, where a considerable See also:estate had been granted to him .

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