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JOHNSTONE
, a See also:police See also:burgh of See also:Renfrewshire, See also:Scotland, on the See also:Black See also:Cart, 11 m
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W. of See also:Glasgow by the Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway
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Pop
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(1901), 10,503
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The leading See also:industries include See also:flax-See also:spinning, See also:cotton manufactures (with the introduction of which in 1781 the prosperity of the See also:town began), See also:paper-making, See also:shoe-See also:lace making, See also:iron and See also:brass foundries and See also:engineering See also:works
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There are also See also:coal mines and oil works in the vicinity
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Elderslie, 1 m
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E.; is the reputed birthplace of See also:Sir See also: |
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