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Inchgarvie
Inchgarvie is a small, presently uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth.
In the days when boats were the only way to cross the Firth of Forth, the island was on the main route between North Queensferry in Fife and South Queensferry in Lothian. This made the island strategically important and Inchgarvie was the site of a castle built by King James IV circa 1490, presumably for defensive purposes. Between 1519 and 1671, the island was the site of a prison within the castle.
In 1878, the foundations for Thomas Bouch's Forth Rail Bridge were laid on Inchgarvie (and their bricks remain), but following the Tay Bridge Disaster, these plans were abandoned, and the island languished until the west end of the island was extended with a pier, and used as the foundation for one of the Forth Bridge's cantilevers.
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In the days when boats were the only way to cross the Firth of Forth, the island was on the main route between North Queensferry in Fife and South Queensferry in Lothian. This made the island strategically important and Inchgarvie was the site of a castle built by King James IV circa 1490, presumably for defensive purposes. Between 1519 and 1671, the island was the site of a prison within the castle.
In 1878, the foundations for Thomas Bouch's Forth Rail Bridge were laid on Inchgarvie (and their bricks remain), but following the Tay Bridge Disaster, these plans were abandoned, and the island languished until the west end of the island was extended with a pier, and used as the foundation for one of the Forth Bridge's cantilevers.
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Created: Sun, 6 Jun 2010, Updated: Sun, 6 Jun 2010
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