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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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The longest river in Scotland, flowing 193km/120m from the source of its main headwaters (the Dochart and Lochay) in the Grampians, through Loch Tay and eventually out to its firth in the North Sea. For centuries the last crossing place of the river was at Perth, but three great bridges have been constructed in modern times across the firth near Dundee, where it is about 2km/1.2m wide. The first was a railway bridge (1871–8), which collapsed during a gale on 28 December 1879 when a train was crossing it – from the start one of Britain's most famous disasters, made more so by William *MacGonagall's verses on the subject. The present railway bridge was built close to the original site in 1883–8. Two miles to the east, a road bridge was built in 1963–6.
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