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| | Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow men: Neil Robson, 1808-1869 |
 | | The Glasgow and Garnkirk, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, and Ballochney railways had lately been constructed and opened for traffic, and as the mineral owners were desirous of having connections with these pioneer railways, Mr. |
 | | Ultimately the three proposed lines to England were carried out, viz., the west-coast route or Caledonian, the east-coast route or North British, and the Midland or South-Western, and such has been the rapid development of railways, that all the lines have been found necessary. |
 | | Robson were the railways from Glasgow to Dumbarton, Helensburgh and Loch Lomond, from Glasgow to Kilmarnock and Ardrossan direct, from Balloch to Stirling, and the Glasgow General Terminus and Harbour railway. |
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