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GRANGEMOUTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 351 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRANGEMOUTH , a See also:

police See also:burgh and seaport of See also:Stirlingshire, See also:Scotland. Pop. (Igor) 8386. It is situated on the See also:south See also:shore of the See also:estuary of the Forth, at the mouth of the Carron and also of See also:Grange See also:Burn, a right-See also:hand tributary of the Carron, 3 m. N.E. of See also:Falkirk by the See also:North See also:British and Caledonian See also:railways. Itis the See also:terminus of the Forth and See also:Clyde See also:Canal, from the opening of which (1789) its See also:history may be dated. The See also:principal buildings are the See also:town See also:hall (in the See also:Greek See also:style), public hall, public See also:institute and See also:free library, and there is a public See also:park presented by the See also:marquess of Zetland. Since 181o, when it became a See also:head See also:port, it has gradually attained the position of the See also:chief port of the Forth See also:west of See also:Leith. The first See also:dock (opened in 1846), the second (1859) and the third (1882) See also:cover an See also:area of 28 acres, with See also:timber ponds of 44 acres and a See also:total quayage of 2500 yards. New docks, 93 acres in extent, with an entrance from the See also:firth, were opened in 1905 at a cost of more than £1,000,000. The See also:works rendered it necessary to divert the influx of the Grange from the Carron to the Forth. Timber, See also:pig-See also:iron and iron ore are the leading imports, and See also:coal, produce and iron the chief exports.

The See also:

industries include See also:shipbuilding, rope and See also:sail making and iron See also:founding. There is See also:regular steamer communication with See also:London, See also:Christiania, See also:Hamburg, See also:Rotterdam and See also:Amsterdam. -Experiments in See also:steam See also:navigation were carried out in 1802 with the " See also:Charlotte Dundas " on the Forth and Clyde Canal at Grange-mouth. Kersa See also:House adjoining the town on the S.W. is a seat of the marquess of Zetland.

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