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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARRHEAD , a See also:

police See also:burgh of See also:Renfrewshire, See also:Scotland, situated on the Levern, 7 m. S.W. of See also:Glasgow by the Glasgow & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 9855. Founded in 1773, it has gradually absorbed the villages of Arthurlie, Dovecothall and Grahamston, and become a thriving See also:town. The See also:chief See also:industries include See also:bleaching, See also:calico-See also:printing, See also:cotton-See also:spinning, See also:weaving, See also:iron and See also:brass See also:founding, See also:engineering and the manufacture of sanitary appliances. Neilston (pop. 2668), about 2 M. S.W., has bleachfields and See also:print-See also:works, and 2 M. N. by E. See also:lie Hurlet, where are important manufactures of See also:alum and other chemicals, and Nitshill (pop. 1242) with chemical works, quarries and collieries.

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