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KILPATRICK, NEW, or EAST

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 797 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KILPATRICK, NEW, or EAST  , also called BEARSDEN, a
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town of Dumbartonshire, Scotland, 52 M . N.W. of
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Glasgow by road, with a station on the North
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British railway
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company's branch
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line from Glasgow to Milngavie . Pop . (1901), 2705 . The town is largely inhabited by business men from Glasgow . The public buildings include the Shaw convalescent home, Buchanan Retreat, house of
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refuge for girls, library, and St Peter's College, a
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fine structure, presented to the
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Roman Catholic Church in 1892 by the archbishop of Glasgow . There is some
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coal-
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mining, and lime is manufactured . Remains of the Wall of Antoninus are close to the town . At Garscube and Garscadden, both within 12 m. of New Kilpatrick, are extensive iron-
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works, and at the former place coal is
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mined and stone quarried .

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