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DUNDEE

Dundee is a city and fishing port on the north side of the Firth of Tay, Scotland. Dundee was granted a royal charter in 1190 and is today Scotland's fourth largest city. Many of its old buildings were destroyed in the 18th century, leaving only the Old Steeple of the City Churches as a 15th-century landmark. The city boomed in the 19th century when it was the centre of the jute industry, employing as many as 7,000 people as late as the 1950s. The city which claims to have invented marmalade was also noted for jam- manufacturing and journalism, both of which are still major employers today, though modern industries are being introduced. The present railway bridge across the Firth of Tay replaced the earlier bridge which was destroyed in the Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879, which collapsed during a storm while a train was crossing, with a heavy loss of life.
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