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Cambuslang

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a town of Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is situated near the Clyde, m. S.E. of Glasgow (of which it is a residential suburb) by the Caledonian railway. Pop. (1891) 83 23; (1901) 12,252. Its leading industries include coal-mining, turkey-red dyeing and brick-making. It contains one of the largest steel works in the United Kingdom. Among the chief edifices are a public hall, institute and library. It was the birthplace of John Claudius London (1783-1843), the landscape gardener and writer on horticulture, whose Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum still ranks as an authority.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cambuslang'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cambuslang.html. 1910.
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