Old photograph of the clock tower on St Andrew Street in Castle Douglas near Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The Clock Tower was the location of the original Town Hall. The first tower, built by Sir William Douglas, was destroyed by fire in 1892 as did a second clock tower forty years later. In May 1935 Henry J. Hewat of Paterson, New Jersey, USA, donated the present clock tower to the town. Castle Douglas was founded in 1792 by a wealthy descendant of the Douglas family, William Douglas, who made his money in American Trade and created a planned town on the shores of Carlingwark Loch. The town's layout is based upon the grid plan pattern of streets as used in Edinburgh's New Town, built around the same time. Sir William Douglas also created a number of industries in Castle Douglas, including hand woven cotton factories. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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