<P> The town was vividly described by Robert Baird in 1845: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td>' There is no worse place out of hell than that neighbourhood . At night the groups of blast furnaces on all sides might be imagined to be blazing volcanoes at most of which smelting is continued on Sundays and weekdays, day and night, without intermission . From the town comes a continual row of heavy machinery: this and the pounding of many steam hammers seemed to make even the very ground vibrate under ones feet . Fire, smoke and soot with the roar and rattle of machinery are its leading characteristics; the flames of its furnaces cast on the midnight sky a glow as if of some vast conflagration . Dense clouds of black smoke roll over it incessantly and impart to all buildings a peculiarly dingy aspect . A coat of black dust overlies everything' . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td>' There is no worse place out of hell than that neighbourhood . At night the groups of blast furnaces on all sides might be imagined to be blazing volcanoes at most of which smelting is continued on Sundays and weekdays, day and night, without intermission . From the town comes a continual row of heavy machinery: this and the pounding of many steam hammers seemed to make even the very ground vibrate under ones feet . Fire, smoke and soot with the roar and rattle of machinery are its leading characteristics; the flames of its furnaces cast on the midnight sky a glow as if of some vast conflagration . Dense clouds of black smoke roll over it incessantly and impart to all buildings a peculiarly dingy aspect . A coat of black dust overlies everything' . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> In the 19th century, the Baird family wielded a pervasive influence over Coatbridge . They were responsible for the design of the lay out of present - day Coatbridge town centre . The land for the Town Hall and the land which later came to form Dunbeth Park was given to the town by the Bairds . Gartsherrie church was built by the Baird family . The oldest and most significant landmark in the town . Bairds donated the site on the Main Street for the erection of St. Patrick's Catholic Church . The Orange Order was established in the town by Ulster Scots who also came to benefit from the work available . Their descendants continue this loyal tradition and the Order in Coatbridge remains one of the most strongly supported in Scotland . trade union movement . </P>

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