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Old Photographs Monument Road Causewayhead Stirling Scotland
Old photograph of people and cottages on Monument Road in Causewayhead, Stirling, Scotland. Causewayhead is located on a bend of the River Forth at the eastern end of the causeway that leads southwestwards across the River Forth to the town of Stirling. Stone and coal were once produced in the area, but Causewayhead is best known as the location of Scotland's first powered flight in 1909. Brothers Harold and Frank Barnwell established the Grampian Motor and Engineering Company here in 1907 and were to test three aeroplane designs in the vicinity, culminating in the flight of a monoplane in 1911 which was to last for more than a mile. Although the brothers were both killed in aircraft accidents their company continued trading here until 2003.
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