TROON
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 306
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
TROON
, a police burgh, seaport and watering- place of Ayrshire, Scotland
.
Pop
.
(1901), 4764
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It is situated 6 m
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N. by W. of Ayr, and 35 M
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S.W. of Glasgow by the Glasgow & South-Western railway
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It has the best natural harbour in the county, with over a mile of quayae, a breakwater 3000 ft. long, and two graving docks
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Shipbuilding is the leading industry, and there is a rope and sail factory
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The town contains a public See also: - HALL
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
and library and reading- room
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The municipality controls the waterworks and gasworks
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Fullarton House, 1 m. south- east, is a seat of the duke of Portland; and at Auchans, about 3 M. west, Susannah, countess of Eglinton, in 1773 entertained Dr See also: - JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
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Adjoining this estate stands the ruined castle of the Dundonalds
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End of Article: TROON
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