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North Queensferry - Photo:
Mick Garratt
CCL |
Northern end of the famous
Forth Railway Bridge.
The name is believed to originate from the fact
that Queen Margaret, (later Saint Margaret) and
her husband King Malcolm Canmore regularly crossed
the Forth when travelling between Edinburgh and
their home in Dunfermline.
Until 1964 when the road
bridge opened, this was also the the northern end
of the Car Ferry linking with South Queensferry.
The harbour is now used for leisure craft and the
small boat ferries to the islands in the Forth.
The Forth Bridges Visitor Centre Trust is at
the foot of the Rail Bridge at the North
Queensferry end. For anyone interested in
either of these magnificent monuments to human
skill and engineering, this is well worth a visit.
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