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How Glasgow's great river made the city a success


IT IS a famous saying - the Clyde made Glasgow and Glasgow made the Clyde .
The success of the River Clyde in the 17th and 18th centuries was down to the city s location facing the Americas.
Merchants began to make commercial links and Glasgow became the international centre for the tobacco trade. However, the shallow Clyde was not navigable for the largest ocean-going ships and in 1662, Glasgow Council purchased land and built harbours where there was deeper water, at what would become Port Glasgow.
There was mounting pressure to deepen the river so that large boats could reach the city. In 1759 the first of many Acts of Parliament was passed, giving town councillors the powers ‘to cleanse, scour, straighten and improve’ the Clyde between Glasgow Bridge and Dumbuck Ford near Dumbarton. ....

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Celebrate The Reopening Of Foxton's River Loop Reserve At Te Oranga O Te Awa - Manawatū River Improvement Festival


Monday, 1 February 2021, 2:59 pm
The Manawatū River Leaders’ Forum has announced that
for the first time Te Oranga o te Awa – the Manawatū
River Improvement Festival, will be held in Foxton to
celebrate the reopening of the Foxton River Loop
Reserve.
The celebration will be held at the reserve
on Saturday 27 February from 10am-3pm. It will provide an
opportunity for the community to come together and mark the
rejuvenation of a key part of the River Loop, which silted
up after the upstream entrance of the Loop was accidentally
cut off from the Manawatū River about 80 years
ago.
Forum Chair Richard Thompson said the festival is ....

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