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The first iron screw steamer was the China in 1862. Burns was particularly keen on economy, and the Cunard Line quickly adopted the new compound engine with the Batavia in 1870. Under Burns, Cunard was also quick to order a steel vessel, the first in their service being the SS Servia in 1881, which, apart from the Great Eastern , was the ...
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google.YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal.
Pennsylvania Route 772 (East and West Newport Road) joins PA 340 for two blocks in the center of town; it leads northwest 6 miles (10 km) to Leola and southeast 6 miles (10 km) to Gap. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the Intercourse CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km 2 ), of which 0.6 acres (2,396 m 2 ), or 0.04%, are water ...
Inverclyde was created as a district in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Inverclyde was one of nineteen districts created within the region of Strathclyde.
Inverclyde Council is one of the 32 local authorities of Scotland, covering the Inverclyde council area. In its current form the council was created in 1996, replacing the previous Inverclyde District Council which existed from 1975 to 1996. The council has been under no overall control since 2007, being led by a Labour minority administration.
Baron Inverclyde, of Castle Wemyss in the County of Renfrew, [1] was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1897 for the Scottish shipowner Sir John Burns, 2nd Baronet . The Baronetcy had been created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1889 for George Burns. [ 2 ]
This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) This is a list of towns and villages in the Inverclyde council area of Scotland. Bogston Gourock Greenock Inverkip Kilmacolm Kip Port Glasgow Quarrier's Village Wemyss Bay Woodhall See also List of places in Scotland
Gourock (/ ˈ ɡ ʊər ə k / ⓘ GOOR-ək; Scottish Gaelic: Guireag) is a town in the Inverclyde council area and formerly a burgh of the County of Renfrew in the west of Scotland. It was a seaside resort on the East shore of the upper Firth of Clyde .