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MILNGAVIE (locally pronounced Millguy) , a police burgh ofSee also: Dumbartonshire, Scotland
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Pop
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(1901), 3481
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It lies 6 m
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N.N.W. of See also: Glasgow by the See also: North See also: British railway
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The chief See also: industries include bleach-See also: fields, dye-See also: works, a distillery and a paper See also: mill; but the
See also: town is largely a residential quarter for Glasgow business men
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Close to the town are two reservoirs, Mugdock (62 acres) and Craigmaddie (88 acres), in which is stored the See also: water from Loch See also: Katrine
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Mugdock See also: Castle, ri m
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N. of Milngavie, is an old stronghold of the Grahams; in Baldernock parish, about 2 M
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E., stands a cromlech, called "the Auld Wives' Lift " (400 ft. high), commanding a See also: fine view of the lands between the Forth and See also: Clyde
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Dougalston Loch, m
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S.E., contains several rare aquatic See also: plants
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