Author: ROBERTSON, MARGARET.
Title: Grangemouth ; Two Towns.
Description: Falkirk: Falkirk District Council Dept. of Libraries and Museums, 1986. 0906586402. 1st edition. "The first Grangemouth, the Old Town, grew between the River Carron and the Grange Burn and was a direct result of the building of the Forth and Clyde Canal which brought new trade up river. With the growth in trade came the need for bigger port facilities..The land between the Carron and Grange Burn was, before long, too small for the population's needs and in 1840 the first house in the 'New Town' was built.." Landscape format. 17cms x 21.5cms. Pp.62, illustrated throughout with black & white photos of local interest, double page Ordnance Survey Map (1870) to centre pages. Red photo-illustrated stiff card covers, owner's label to top front corner. Scarce. VG.

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