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Clyde Township is a civil township of St. Clair County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 5,523 at the 2020 Census. [3] The township is named for the River Clyde in Scotland. In 1825, a Scotsman Robert Smart, with the backing of Detroit interests, built a mill on the Black River. Smart named the place "Clyde Mills", after the ...
The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of Clydebank Burgh Council for much of the 20th century and initially remained the meeting place of the enlarged Clydebank District Council after it was formed in 1975. [10] However, most of the council's officers and departments relocated to new council offices in Rosebery Place in 1980. [11]
Clydebank F.C. was founded in 1914, and acquired a ten-year lease on a site directly to the west of Yoker railway station. [1] The new club was immediately elected into the Division Two of the Scottish Football League, and the first SFL match was played at Clydeholm on 16 August 1914, a 3–1 win over East Stirlingshire.
The community began with a sawmill built by Eggleston & Hazleton in 1875, and was first known as Clyde Center from its location near the center of Clyde Township. It was renamed for Simeon O. Pearl in 1881, and a post office was established named Pearl on April 15, 1881, with George H. Smith as the first postmaster.
Clydebank Central is one of the six wards used to elect members of the West Dunbartonshire Council. It elects four Councillors. The ward covers northern parts of the town of Clydebank, although despite its name it only includes part of the town centre, namely the areas north of the Forth and Clyde Canal at the Clyde Shopping Centre, Clyde Retail Park and Clydebank Business Centre, while south ...
The Kilpatrick Hills are a part of the Clyde Plateau Lavas. These are about 340 million years old. Basaltic types of rocks (lavas, tuffs and agglomerates) predominate here. These are produced by denudation of the successive flows. The Whangie in the north of the Kilpatricks is of particular interest to geologists and casual walkers alike.
Clydebank Waterfront is one of the six wards used to elect members of the West Dunbartonshire Council. It elects four Councillors. The ward covers southern parts of the town of Clydebank close to the River Clyde including part of the town centre, namely the areas south of the Forth and Clyde Canal around Chalmers Street and Glasgow Road (with the bus station and Clydebank railway station ...
Eastern end of the A814 at Clyde Street, Glasgow (looking west) The A814 starts at the junction of Clyde Street and Saltmarket (A8, beside Glasgow Green and the Albert Bridge) in the east of Glasgow city centre and follows the River Clyde's right (north) bank westwards, becoming the Broomielaw after passing under the Caledonian Railway Bridge (serving Glasgow Central Station).