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Shipping of the River Forth (Paperback)
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Shipping of the River Forth (Paperback)
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Loot Price R332
Discovery Miles 3 320
You Save R73 (18%)
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For thousand of years the River Forth has been utilised by man.
from the stone age shell middens at Kinneil to the Roman port at
Cramond, there is evidence of man's early use of the river and its
estuary. From medieval times onwards, fishing villages have grown
up on both banks of the river, while ferries have plied their trade
for the same period. Once navigable all the way to Stirling, little
commercial traffic now uses most of the river. It was not always
so, with ports at Dysart, Methil, Leven Stirling, Alloa, Airth and
Bo'ness, all serving the buoyant coal trade. Now few ports survive.
Grangemouth and Leith are shadows of their former selves and the
huge naval base at Rosyth has been sold and is now also operating
on a much smaller scale than even twenty years ago. Shipbreakers,
like the ships themselves, were once a common sight, with yards at
Bo'ness, Alloa and Rosyth demolishing old ships - including such
famous liners as the Cunard Mauretania, White Star's Britannic and
Red Star's Belgenland. Within the pages of Shipping of the Forth
are views of long gone ships, the fishing industry, coasters and
ocean liners as well as paddle steamers, shipwrecks and the people
involved in maritime industries along both banks of the river.
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