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 THE AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA GLASGOW /""^ LASGOW, the chief commercial and manu- VJT facturing city of Scotland, in Lanarkshire, on the river Clyde, 21 m. from its mouth, and 41 m. W. S. W. of Edinburgh ; lat. 55 51' 32" K, Ion. 4 17' 54" W. ; pop. in 1660, 12,000 ; in 1765, 23,046 ; in 1801, 83,769 ; in 1851, 347,001 ; in 1861, 395,503 ; in 1871, of the parliamenta- ry burgh, 477,144, of the whole town, 547,538. The city is about 3 m. long, and lies on both sides of the river, here about 500 ft. wide, which is crossed by two suspension and three stone bridges, below which are several ferries. The site is mostly level, but in the N. and K W. parts are considerable elevations. The original burgh, which took its rise from the cathedral and the university, is on the N. bank ; but the va- rious suburbs are now so closely connected that they can hardly be considered otherwise than Albert Bridge. Glasgow. as portions of one compact city. The principal streets are parallel with the river, two of the broadest bordering it on either side. There are three public parks : the Green, of 140 acres, on the N. bank of the Clyde, near the E. end of the city ; Kelvingrove, of 40 acres, at the W. end ; and Queen's park, of 100 acres, on elevated ground at the south. These parks are all handsomely laid out and ornamented. The streets mostly cross Jt right angles, are well paved, lighted, and trained, and are adorned with several fine statues. Many of the houses are of white freestone, constructed in flats. There are two theatres, two museums, two public libraries (of 30,000 and 15,000 volumes), asylums for the blind, insane, aged, and deaf