Story of the Forth
Cadell, Henry Moubray1913
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Cadell looks first at the geological history of the Forth valley, from volcanos to glaciers and the formation of rivers. He then looks at the influence of industrialisation and the rise of mineral industries, iron works and the reclamation of land for agriculture.
Main title:
Story of the Forth / Henry Moubray Cadell.
Author:
Imprint:
Glasgow : James Maclehose, 1913.
Collation:
298 p. : Illus., maps, tabs., diagrs. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Contents page and list of illustrations.
System details:
1519A, 1519B, 1519C, 1519D, 1519E.
Contents:
The foundations of the Forth ValleyThe age of swamps and forestsAncient land agitationsRivers and their waysThe first beginnings of the forthThe buried channels of the forth valleyThe great ice ageThe old lochs of EdinburghCarron company and the rise of the Scottish iron industryCarron company (continued)The Scottish mineral oil industryLand reclamation in the Forth ValleyA new foreshore reclamation schemeThe clearing of Blairdrummond Moss. A famous old labour colony.
Dewey class:
544.133554.133914.14554.13
Local class:
FORTH
Language:
English
BRN:
3422422