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Clydebank

American  
[klahyd-bangk] / ˈklaɪdˌbæŋk /

noun

  1. a city in SW Scotland, on the Clyde River.


Clydebank British  
/ ˌklaɪdˈbæŋk, ˈklaɪdˌbæŋk /

noun

  1. a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)

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The attraction closed in 2018 and its owner Clydebank Property Company, which is linked to the local council, currently has no firm plans to reopen.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

During the 1941 Clydebank Blitz, only seven out of 12,000 properties in the town are said to have escaped damage from German bombing but the giant crane was unscathed.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Repainting the far smaller cranes would cost much less - but as the owners of the Clydebank crane have discovered, it is still a daunting outlay.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Although the daily pill won’t cure the condition, it could provide treatment to some who have severe alopecia areata, like 21-year-old Megan McCready, from Clydebank.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2024

But Private M'Slattery, No. 3891, soon realised that he and Mr. Matthew M'Slattery, rivet-heater and respected citizen of Clydebank, had nothing in common.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian