The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... Railway Company issued their prospectus , by which they proposed to construct a railway between Paisley and Renfrew Ferry and make a wharf there . The capital stock of the company was proposed at £ 15,000 , divided into 1500 shares ...
... Railway Company issued their prospectus , by which they proposed to construct a railway between Paisley and Renfrew Ferry and make a wharf there . The capital stock of the company was proposed at £ 15,000 , divided into 1500 shares ...
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... Railway Company , 25th Sept. , 1835. " In October , 1835 , a fine monument was erected over the Martyrs ' Grave . It ... railways and the use of gas for lighting pur- poses . Iron in January of that year was £ 10 per ton , and in the ...
... Railway Company , 25th Sept. , 1835. " In October , 1835 , a fine monument was erected over the Martyrs ' Grave . It ... railways and the use of gas for lighting pur- poses . Iron in January of that year was £ 10 per ton , and in the ...
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... railway to Greenock , when it received a check . The loco- motive was then abandoned , and a coach , drawn by horse power substituted . The coach con- tinued to ply till the present Renfrew Railway in connection with the Joint Line ...
... railway to Greenock , when it received a check . The loco- motive was then abandoned , and a coach , drawn by horse power substituted . The coach con- tinued to ply till the present Renfrew Railway in connection with the Joint Line ...
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... Railway Bill received the Royal assent . On the 29th July , 1835 , the first turf was turned . About 45 acres are occupied by the reservoir , which , when filled , is 33 feet at the deepest part , and contains 36 millions of cubic feet ...
... Railway Bill received the Royal assent . On the 29th July , 1835 , the first turf was turned . About 45 acres are occupied by the reservoir , which , when filled , is 33 feet at the deepest part , and contains 36 millions of cubic feet ...
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... railway bridge over the Cart was laid . The bridge is founded about 8 feet below the bed of the river , and rests on ... RAILWAY TRAIN . What is it we hear in the far distant plain , Careering in thunder along ? ' Tis that fleet , fleet ...
... railway bridge over the Cart was laid . The bridge is founded about 8 feet below the bed of the river , and rests on ... RAILWAY TRAIN . What is it we hear in the far distant plain , Careering in thunder along ? ' Tis that fleet , fleet ...
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Abbey Abbot Abercorn appointed Bailies Baillie and Council Barr & M'Nab Barrhead bell boats Brown building built burgesses burgh called Campbell Canal Cart Causeyside cholera Church City of Glasgow Clyde coach Coats Cochran CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. County Craig Cross death died Dunoon Earl Edinburgh Elderslie erected feet Foxbar Gavin Stewart Glasgow Bank Gleniffer Braes Gourock Greenock HISTORICAL SKETCH horse hour inhabitants James John Johnstone Joseph Whitehead July Kelburne Kerr Kilbarchan King kirk Lady Brisbane Lady Kelburne Lord magistrates manufacture meeting Messrs Barr Miss morning named Neilston o'clock Paslay passengers Peter Coats population pounds Scots Presbytery prisoners Provost quhilk race received Renfrew Renfrew Railway Renfrewshire river Robert Saint Mirin sall Scotland Scots Sheriff Sneddon Spiers steamer steeple Stewart stones Stranraer subscriptions taken tion Tolbooth took place Town Council TOWN OF PAISLEY unemployed William Wynd