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Encyclopedia Britannica



GIRVAN

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 51 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GEO-GNU
GIRVAN , a police
burgh
 , market and fishing town of Ayrshire,
Scotland
 , at the mouth of the Girvan, 21 m. S.W. of Ayr, and 63 m. S.W. of Glasgow by the Glasgow &
South
 -Western railway. Pop. (1901) 4024. The
principal
  industry was weaving, but the substitution of the power-loom for the hand-loom nearly put an end to it. The herring
fishery
  has developed to considerable proportions, the harbour having been enlarged and protected by piers and a breakwater. Moreover, the town has grown in repute as a
health
  and holiday resort, its situation being one of the finest in the west of
Scotland
 . There is excellent sea-bathing, and a good golf-course. The vale of Girvan, one of the most fertile tracts in the shire, is made so by the Water of Girvan, which rises in the loch of Girvan Eye, pursues a very tortuous course of 36 m. and empties into the sea. Girvan is the point of communication with Ailsa Craig. About 13 M. S.W. at the mouth of the Stinchar is the fishing
village
  of Ballantrae (pop. 511).


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