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1800: The River Clyde is 14 ft (3.1m) deep, and supports 200 wharves and jetties; there is a large Gaelic community in the city [33] 1800: The Glasgow Police Act is passed by Parliament allowing the creation of the first modern preventative police force [34] 1803: Dorothy Wordsworth visits Glasgow [35]
In 1451, the University of Glasgow was founded by papal bull and established in religious buildings in the precincts of Glasgow Cathedral. By the start of the 16th century, Glasgow had become an important religious and academic city and by the 17th century the university had moved from the cathedral precincts to its own building in the High Street.
The first Europeans reached the Grand Canyon in September 1540. [1] It was a group of about 13 Spanish soldiers led by García López de Cárdenas, dispatched from the army of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado on its quest to find the fabulous Seven Cities of Gold.
Glasgow (Parliament of Scotland constituency) Glasgow (UK Parliament constituency) Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway; Glasgow Corporation Water Works; Glasgow Garden Festival; Glasgow International Exhibition (1901) Glasgow Literary Society; Glasgow Magdalene Institution; Glasgow Police Act 1800; Glasgow razor gangs; Glasgow Salvage Corps
Grand Canyon along the Bright Angel and North Kaibab Trails from the South Rim to Roaring Springs and the South Kaibab Trail to Tipoff 36°06′36″N 112°05′34″W / 36.11°N 112.092778°W / 36.11; -112.092778 ( Trans-Canyon Telephone Line, Grand Canyon National
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The Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston Direct Railway had been authorised, but the location of the Glasgow end of the line is not clear. The CR and the GB&NDR collaborated in fostering a Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway, which was to build from near Titwood Place, Pollokshields [ note 2 ] to a bridge over the Clyde and a central Glasgow terminus ...
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