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  • ...gineered goods and steel, which were exported. The opening of the Monkland Canal and basin at Port Dundas in 1795, facilitated access to the iron-ore and co
    33 KB (5,163 words) - 10:45, 30 March 2016
  • ...rkintilloch]] on the [[Forth & Clyde Canal]] and Blackhill on the Monkland Canal. In the same time frame it is estimated that over 300 firms have engaged in
    16 KB (2,458 words) - 08:29, 27 July 2018
  • ...although William Roy’s 1750 map notes "Cottbrig" as a hamlet in the Old Monkland area. One source states “Coatbridge” is either derived from the Middle ...oatbridge: Three Centuries of Change'' – Peter Drummond and James Smith, Monkland Library Services, 1982. pg. 11</ref>
    27 KB (4,173 words) - 21:53, 27 January 2016
  • ...orthCalderWater.JPG|right|thumb|300px|North Calder Water near the Monkland Canal]]
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  • **New Monkland Parish Church (bef. 1698) - In nearby [[Glenmavis]]. *Monkland Canal - where the Vulcan (barge), the world's first iron boat, was built and laun
    14 KB (2,100 words) - 20:25, 16 March 2015
  • ...h & Clyde Canal, Bonnybridge - Larbert.jpg|thumb|275px|The Forth and Clyde Canal, near Bonnybridge and Larbert]] ...h]] and the [[Firth of Clyde]], at the narrowest part of the Lowlands. The canal is 35 miles long and it runs from the [[River Forth]] near [[Grangemouth]],
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  • [[File:M8 Motorway and Union Canal.JPG|thumb|The M8 south of [[Broxburn, West Lothian]]]] ..., and the Monkland Motorway (built over the former route of the [[Monkland Canal]]) towards Edinburgh at its north eastern corner. Together, these three se
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  • ...ment of a chemical works by Charles Tennant on the newly opened [[Monkland Canal]] at nearby St Rollox in 1799, which later became part of the United Alkali
    13 KB (1,868 words) - 11:29, 9 May 2018
  • ...th and Clyde canal pathway.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Along the Forth and Clyde Canal Pathway]] ...path runs on the towpaths of the [[Forth and Clyde Canal]] and the [[Union Canal]] and is entirely off road.<ref name=sustrans/>
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