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Scotland's fourth largest city
and a great choice for a short city-break or
touring centre. It's slogan, "City of Discovery"
reminds us that it is home to Royal Research Ship
Discovery which carried Captain Scott on his first
and successful trip to Antarctica. This was the
National Antarctic Expedition of 1901 when the
ship became trapped in the ice for two years but
survived to bring her crew safely home. Built in
Dundee, the ship is now berthed back in her home
port and open for visitors alongside the
award-winning Discovery Point Visitor Centre -
www.rrsdiscovery.com
Dundee, as a port, was once famous for its jute
importing and processing, an extensive textile
industry which helped create the city's wealth.
The city's industrial heritage can be explored at
Verdant Works - awarded the title of Europe's Top
Industrial Museum in 1999.
It was to serve the expanding city's needs for a
rail link with Edinburgh, that a bridge was built
to carry the line across the River Tay.
Unfortunately, the structure was unable to
withstand the forces of nature and "on the last
Sabbath day of 1879, which will be remember'd for
a very long time", disaster struck! The bridge
collapsed as a train carrying 90 passengers was
travelling across. All lives were lost.
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