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ENYIRONS OF GLASGOW.
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Half a mile south is the basin of the Johnston and Paisley
Canal, now used only for goods traffic.
The south side station of the Caledonian Railway, whence
trains depart to Bothwell and Hamilton, and likewise to Barr¬
head, is a little way east of this. In the same locality are
Dixon’s iron-works, having six blast-furnaces, and malleable
iron-works in connection with them. On dull moist nights
these throw up a reflection in the sky which is seen from many
miles round. A considerable distance east, opposite the Glas¬
gow Green, are the works of Messrs. S. Higginbotham and Co.,
where all the processes of spinning, weaving, dyeing, and
printing, are carried on upon a vast scale.
ENYIRONS OF GLASGOW.
HAMILTON—BOTHWELL CASTLE—LANARK AND
PALLS OP CLYDE.
Caledonian Railway—Glasgow and Hamilton Section.
Several trains daily each way. Omnibus in connection starts from 30 Queen Street
quarter of an hour before each train; fares, Id. and 2d.
This tour may he conveniently made by the Caledonian Railway line to Hamilton,
or, to save time, the tourist can leave the train at Blantyre Station, from which he
may proceed on foot hy the new suspension-hridge over the Clyde, to Bothwell Castle,
Bothwell Bridge, and Hamilton Palace; or hy Walker’s Omnibus, from the Horse
Repository, West Nile Street, or the office, 119 London Street—Glasgow to Bothwell
four times a day in summer, and twice in winter. By the 'bus the tourist can be
dropped at the gateway to Bothwell Castle. Another route is by the Caledonian
Railway, south side station, to Vddingstone, within a short distance of Bolhwell
Castle. Leaving the Castle for Bothwell Bridge, the tourist finds there a gateway
admitting to the Duke of Hamilton’s grounds, through which he may walk for about
two iriles, and, crossing the Clyde, reach Motherwell Station, on the main line, 16
miles from Glasgow. Prom thence he is carried on hy Carluke to Lanark, 29 miles
from Glasgow. From Lanark—after visiting the Palls of Clyde—he may proceed by
railway to Edinburgh, to Glasgow, or to Carlisle.
The Palls may also be conveniently visited from Edinburgh, taking the Caledonian
Railway to Lanark (30 miles), and afterwards either returning to Edinburgh, or
reversing the route as described.
Leaving Glasgow by railway, the train proceeds eastward
by Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and Blantyre to Hamilton. The
tourist may halt for an hour at Cambuslang for a walk to the
top of the curious basaltic hill of Dechmont (the fort of peace),