Queensferry

Queensferry

Queensferry (spr. kwīusserri), alte Fähre über den Firth of Forth, der hier nur 1,6 km breit ist, mit Orten gleichen Namens (South Q. und North Q. mit 1845, bez. 410 Einw.). Hier wird der Firth of Forth von einer großartigen Eisenbahnbrücke überspannt (s. Forth).


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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