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GRANGEMOUTH
, a See also:police See also:burgh and seaport of See also:Stirlingshire, See also:Scotland
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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
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N.E. of See also:Falkirk by the See also:North See also:British and Caledonian See also:railways
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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
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The See also:principal buildings are the See also:town See also: 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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