Old Photographs Of Kincardine On Forth Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland wee video of old photographs of Kincardine, Scottish Gaelic: Cinn Chàrdainn, or Kincardine-on-Forth a small town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. It was at one time a reasonably prosperous minor port. Kincardine Bridge isa road bridge crossing the Firth of Forth from Falkirk council area to Kincardine,. The bridge was constructed between 1932 and 1936, to a design by Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, Consulting Engineers and Architect, Donald Watson. It was the first road crossing of the River Forth downstream of Stirling, completed nearly thirty years before the Forth Road Bridge, which stands fifteen miles to the South East. The bridge was constructed with a swinging central section that would allow larger ships to sail upstream to the small port at Alloa, which remained in use until 1988. The Kincardine Line was a railway in Clackmannanshire and Fife, Scotland, connecting the stations in Alloa and near Dunfermline along the north shore of the Firth of Forth. A short branch line ran from Charlestown Junction to Charlestown on the shore of the Forth. This branch line had been part of the Charlestown Railway, also part of the North British Railway. The section between Kincardine and Kincardine Junction on the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway was opened in 1893, with the line between Kincardine and Dunfermline opening in 1906. The Charlestown Branch started life as the Elgin Waggonway in 1792, later becoming the Charlestown Railway. The North British Railway bought the line and the harbour at the end of the line in 1863, although three years later it was partly abandoned. In 1894, the line was rebuilt and re-opened. The Charlestown Branch closed to passengers on 1 November 1926. Passenger services were withdrawn between Alloa and Dunfermline in 1930, although the line remained open for coal trains. Coal trains to Kincardine and Longannet Power Stations continued to use the line. The line to the west of Kincardine became derelict. Standing at the South end of the High Street in Kincardine is the Market Cross, the cross consists of an octagonal shaft with a moulded base and capital, placed on a rise of six octagonal steps. Above the square abacus is a stone sculptured with the arms of the Earls of Kincardine on the one side and a thistle ornament on the other. The cross must be later than 1647. when the Earldom was created. The chemist and physicist, James Dewar, was born in Kincardine in 1842. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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