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	FORTH - LoveToKnow Article on FORTH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The river is formed by two head streams, Duchray Water (12 m,) and Avondhu (10 m.), or ;Laggan as it is called after it leaves Loch Ard, both rising in the north-east of Ben Lomond in Stirlingshire, and uniting I m.
		The Firth of Forth extends from Kincardine to the North Sea, that is, to an imaginary line drawn, just west of the Isle of May, from the East Neuk of Fife to the mouth of the Tyne in Haddingtonshirea distance of 48 m.
		The Forth was the Bodotria of Tacitus and the Scots Water of the chroniclers of the 11th and 12th centuries; while Bede (d.
	84.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FO/FORTH.htm (583 words)

	The Forth Bridge
		This was the end of Sir Bouch's implication in the Forth bridge project, and he died on year later.
		On November 6th 1889 the center aprons were ready to be attached, but they had to wait for the proper weather to permit the steel to expand for the linkage parts, permitting the fixation of the aprons to the cantilevers.
		He said about the Forth Bridge:"If I had pretended that the building of Forth Bridge was not a source of constant anxiety, present and future, no experienced engineer would have believed me. Where there's no precedent, the engineer who best succeeded is the one who made the least errors".
	www.netrover.com /~capaigle/Ponts/fortha.html (685 words)

	Firth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A firth is generally the result of glaciation and very often associated with a large river, where erosion caused by the tidal effects of incoming sea water passing upriver has widened the riverbed to an estuary, such as may be seen in the Firth of Clyde.
		Firth of Tay (estuary of the River Tay).
		The Firth of Thames is a bay at the mouth of the Waihou/Thames River in New Zealand.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Firth (557 words)

	AllRefer.com - Forth (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Its chief tributaries are the Teith and Allan rivers.
		The port of Grangemouth is at the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal (35 mi/56 km long; completed 1890), which links the Firth of Forth with the River Clyde.
		The Isle of May and Bass Rock, with lighthouses and ruins, are at the entrance to the firth; Inchkeith and Inchcolm islands are within the firth.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Forth.html (313 words)

	Jubilees 8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		And for Japheth came forth the third portion beyond the river Tina to the north of the outflow of its waters, and it extends north- easterly to the whole region of Gog, and to all the country east thereof.
		And it extends northerly to the north, and it extends to the mountains of Qelt towards the north, and towards the sea of Ma'uk, and it goes forth to the east of Gadir as far as the region of the waters of the sea.
		This is the land which came forth for Japheth and his sons as the portion of his inheritance which he should possess for himself and his sons, for their generations for ever; five great islands, and a great land in the north.
	www.ccel.org /c/charles/pseudepigrapha/jubilee/8.htm (868 words)

	River Forth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The River Forth, 47 km (29 miles) long, is the major river drainingthe eastern part of the central belt of Scotland.
		In medieval times the Forth was navigable at least as far as Stirling, but silting and the increase in ship sizes now mean thattraffic upstream of Kincardine is rare.
		Upstream of Stirling, the river is rather small and is crossed in numerous places (although prior to modern drainage works,the ground was often treacherously marchy near the riverbank).
	www.therfcc.org /river-forth-28278.html (285 words)

	PNRC0281 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This is a tideway river; and an act was obtained in the reign of Charles the Second to improve it; but, in consequence of Tregony declining in the exact ratio with the growing importance of Truro, (which may be said to he the capital of Cornwall,) this navigation seems now to be of little consequence.
		The River Forth is a free navigation; the only tolls paid on it being for the use, and towards the support of several ferries, for which an act was obtained in the 32nd of George III.
		Besides the fine rivers above-mentioned, it is joined by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, near Falkirk; with the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway at its summit, near the last-mentioned village; and with the Monkland Canal and the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, at Port Dundas, near the city of Glasgow.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/PNRC0281.htm (4534 words)

	The Forth Rail Bridge Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		The coming of the railways to Scotland initially had the effect of sidelining the traditional Forth ferry ports of North Queensferry and Queensferry or South Queensferry.
		The towers reach a height of 361ft and trains cross the river at a height of 158ft.
		South Queensferry: and the view from one of the many trains crossing it is equally worthwhile, especially of North and South Queensferry and of the Forth Road Bridge only a short distance to the west.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /queensferry/forthrailbridge (760 words)

	River Forth
		The River Forth is the major river system draining the eastern part of the central belt of Scotland.
		The Forth rises in Loch Ard in The Trossachs, a mountain range around 20 miles (32 km) west of Stirling.
		In medieval times the Forth was navigable at least as far as Stirling, but silting and the increase in shipping sizes now mean that traffic upstream of Kincardine is rare.
	www.ukpedia.com /r/river-forth.html (278 words)

	Firth of Forth Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Solway Firth (inlet with the rivers* River Eden, CumbriaEden, River Esk, DumfriesshireEsk and River NithNith).
		The Firth of Inverness is rarely identified on modern maps, but it is this firth which forms a connection via the River Ness, Loch Ness and the other Lochlochs of the Great Glen and stretches of the Caledonian Canal with the Firth of Lorn on the West coast of Scotland.
		It is spanned by the magnificent Forth Road BridgeFirth of Forth Road Bridge, 1,006m (3,300ft) long, and the Forth Bridge (railway)Forth Bridge, 2.498m (8,196ft) long.
	www.echostatic.com /Firth_of_Forth.html (564 words)

	Forth Rail Bridge, River Crossing, Forth Road Bridge, Scotland
		The Forth Railway Bridge is a globally-important cantilever structure.
		The bridge traverses the Firth of Forth at a pinch point with islets, between South Queensferry and North Queensferry.
		The Forth Estuary Transport Authority presented the results of a feasibility study in Jun 2004 for a second Forth Road Bridge.
	www.edinburgharchitecture.co.uk /forth_rail_bridge.htm (303 words)

	the Battle of Stirling Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		At Stirling the neck of Scotland between the rivers Forth and Clyde is narrow enough to be a chokepoint and anyone wishing to dominate the country must hold that chokepoint.
		When they reached the other side of the river the English knights found the ground there to be soft almost marshy and they had great trouble in deploying their great warhorses into any semblance of a line.
		The English were trapped in the bend of the river, unable to properly form up and with no hope of aid from their compatriots on the other side of the river.
	www.geocities.com /Broadway/Alley/5443/stirlingbrig.htm (1418 words)

	Forth, River -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		The river has a short highland section and a longer lowland section; the latter, called the Links of Forth, was the site of the Battle of Bannockburn (1314).
		river and estuary in eastern Scotland, flowing from west to east from its headwaters on the eastern slopes of Ben Lomond to the Firth of Forth (the estuary), near Kincardine.
		Tributaries, often as large as the river itself, join the Mississippi, swelling it to a width of...
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9364729?tocId=9364729 (867 words)

	Forth River -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Falling steeply over the plateau edge to the agricultural coastal plain, it is the central river of the Mersey–Forth power project.
		The river has a short highland section and a longer lowland section, falling only 80 feet (25 m) in 55 miles (90 km).
		Fed by the Dasher and Fisher rivers, it flows 91 miles (146 km) north, east, and again north before entering its estuary at Latrobe, the head of navigation, and emptying into Bass Strait at Devonport.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9034978?tocId=9034978&query=river (889 words)

	THE RIVER'S PLACE IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE LANDS
		The City, situated at the estuary of the river forth, is an international centre for banking, finance and learning, and has the reputation for being a most desirable place in which to live and study.
		At the villages of Queensferry (north and south) the river is spanned by the Forth Railway Bridge, a 1.5 km iron cantilever structure built in 1890.
		The Forth is navigable as far inland as the port of Grangemouth which is the centre of Scotland's petrochemical industry.
	www.bdp.it /~comeni1/fiumi/Edinburgh (632 words)

	Canal History
		The Forth and Clyde Canal does not have the dressed stone bridges of the Union Canal, all its overbridges were of the wooden bascule design which opened to allow the tall masted sailing vessels through.
		The Forth and Clyde Canal enjoyed an active life, but by the end of the Second Word War there were faster ways to transport goods and this trade fell away but the day tripping and transits from one coast to the other continued, though to a lesser extent than before.
		The Forth and Clyde Canal, completed in 1790, ran from Bowling on the River Clyde to Grangemouth on the River Forth and any goods from Glasgow destined for Edinburgh then had to be transported overland from Grangemouth which was both slow and expensive.
	www.seagulltrust.org.uk /html/canal_history.html (2734 words)

	History of the Central Coast District
		One of the last coastal districts settled, possibly due to the lack of a river for a port.
		FORTH - the river was named this as it was the fourth river along the North Coast from Port Dalrymple.
		James Fenton arrived at the Forth River to become the first permanent settler of the Central Coast District in 1840.
	www.leven.tassie.net.au /history.htm (302 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Sure signs of a river revival
		Today, the only obvious sign that the river still supports life is a sign on Cramond Beach warning the public not to eat the few shellfish they may gather along the shore due to the risk of contamination.
		It may not have anglers reaching for their rods and rushing to the shore, but its resurgence in the Forth is a sure sign that things are on the mend.
		She adds: "The Forth Estuary Forum, the umbrella group of organisations linked to the Firth of which both SNH and Scottish Water are members, was set up with the aim of ensuring sustainable use of the firth.
	news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=37452005 (1175 words)

	About Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The longest river of Scotland is the Tay; the
		Near Renfrew is the junction of the Clyde with the Forth and Clyde Canal, which connects the Firth of Clyde with the Firth of Forth on the eastern coast of Scotland.
		Bo'ness, Burntisland, Grangemouth, Kirkcaldy, and Leith are the principal ports on the Firth of Forth.
	homepages.tesco.net /~scotlandweb/aboutscot/scot002.html (2636 words)

	Forth
		is at the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal (35 mi/56 km long; completed 1890), which links the Firth of Forth with the River Clyde.
		At Queensferry three bridges cross the firth—the Forth Bridge (completed 1936); the Forth Road Bridge, one of the longest suspension bridges in Europe (3,300 ft/1,006 m long; completed 1964); and the Forth Railway Bridge (5,350 ft/1,631 m; completed 1890), the world's first cantilever bridge.
		8,591), Fife, E Scotland, at the mouth of the Leven River on the Firth of...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0819240.html (284 words)

	Rio's Attic - The River Phoenix Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		I think that you are the only site about River which helps his fans.
		River is missed by millions of people everywhere, myself included, and it has done my heart good to find a place that will remember the good in him as a person, and it's nice to be able to learn more about his life and wonderful loving family.
		It is fitting and appropriate that River Phoenix should have one of the best fan-run sites on the entire Internet.
	www.river-phoenix.org (697 words)

	Priority - Independence : The Battle of Stirling Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The English armies spent the 9th and the 10th on the south side of the river.
		It seems that half the army had crossed the river Forth when Wallace and Moray’s army swooped down from the hills, half naked and screaming like madmen.
		The ground to the north of the Forth was soft and difficult for cavalry to maneuver in.
	www.geocities.com /priority_independence/stirling.html (1880 words)

	The River Forth Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1996
		The River Forth Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1996
		The Secretary of State, on application to him by the River Forth District Salmon Fishery Board, having consulted and directed that notice be given in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 to the Salmon Act 1986
		These Regulations may be cited as the River Forth Salmon Fishery District (Baits and Lures) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1996/Uksi_19962641_en_1.htm (625 words)

	North Queensferry Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
		What really put it on the map was the enthusiasm of Margaret, the English Queen of Malcolm III from 1070, for the church she founded in Dunfermline (see our Historical Timeline).
		The Forth Rail Bridge that was finally built between 1883 to 1890 was designed by Sir John Fowler and Benjamin Baker.
		But while anywhere else the Forth Road Bridge would attract your undivided attention, it is the massive dark red structure of the Rail Bridge that overshadows, often literally, the village.
	www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /queensferry/northqueensferry (910 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Interstate Compact for Jurisdiction on the Colorado River, set forth in full in NRS 171.079, is hereby enacted into law.
		The Interstate Compact for Jurisdiction on the Colorado River is enacted to provide for enforcement of the laws of this state with regard to certain acts committed on the Colorado River, or any lake formed by or a part of the Colorado River, on either side of the boundary line with an adjoining state.
		This compact is ratified by enactment of the language of this compact, or substantially similar language expressing the same purpose, by at least two states of which the Colorado River forms a common boundary.
	ssl.csg.org /compactlaws/jurisdictiononcoloradoriver.html (282 words)

	Forth River Purification Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Forth River Purification Board is an independent body directly responsible to the Secretary of State for the maintenance and improvement of surface and ground water quality throughout the Forth catchment and seawards to the territorial limit.
		This task is achieved through licensing discharges of effluent, ensuring that licence conditions are met, investigation and rectification of polluting incidents, prevention of polluting spillages, advising planners and developers on pollution avoidance and surveying and measuring the quality and quantity of natural waters throughout the area.
		As from the 1 April 1996 the Forth River Purification Board will become part of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency but will still be operating from the same address.
	www.cee.hw.ac.uk /~internet/examples/ex2.htm (112 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Top Stories - Green light for new Forth crossing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The entire length of the new route is almost four miles and has been chosen to minimise the impact on the saltmarsh and mudflats at Kincardine, which form part of the important feeding grounds for birds on the Firth of Forth.
		INTER-TIDAL areas of the Firth of Forth, which includes the mudflats and saltmarsh habitat around Kincardine Bridge, are internationally important for seabirds, ducks and waders, including shelduck, knot and redshank, during the winter months.
		Kincardine and the Firth of Forth support a significant concentration of what is known as the north-west European and North African migration line.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=660302005 (877 words)

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