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| − | '''Lanarkshire''' is a county of central [[Scotland]]. In the 19th and 20th century it was a major industrial center with extensive coal mines, and iron and steel works in the [[Motherwell]] and [[Wishaw]] areas. Other major industries included shipbuilding, railway carriage manufacture, crane and construction equipment manufacture, and the manufacture of prefabricated bridge parts. | + | '''Lanarkshire''' is a county of central [[Scotland]]. The county town is [[Lanark]] but the largest settlement is, by far, the city of [[Glasgow]], the third most populous city in the [[United Kingdom]] which is at the heart of an urban area that extends into parts of [[Dunbartonshire]] and [[Renfrewshire]]. In the 19th and 20th century it was a major industrial center with extensive coal mines, and iron and steel works in the [[Motherwell]] and [[Wishaw]] areas. Other major industries included shipbuilding, railway carriage manufacture, crane and construction equipment manufacture, and the manufacture of prefabricated bridge parts. |
[[New Lanark]], in the south of the county, is a utopian factory community founded by [[Robert Owen]]. | [[New Lanark]], in the south of the county, is a utopian factory community founded by [[Robert Owen]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:31, October 20, 2024
Lanarkshire is a county of central Scotland. The county town is Lanark but the largest settlement is, by far, the city of Glasgow, the third most populous city in the United Kingdom which is at the heart of an urban area that extends into parts of Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire. In the 19th and 20th century it was a major industrial center with extensive coal mines, and iron and steel works in the Motherwell and Wishaw areas. Other major industries included shipbuilding, railway carriage manufacture, crane and construction equipment manufacture, and the manufacture of prefabricated bridge parts.
New Lanark, in the south of the county, is a utopian factory community founded by Robert Owen.
92% of the fortified wine produced by the Buckfast monastic community in Devon, England, is sold in Lanarkshire.