Queensferry

Queensferry

Queensferry (spr. Kwihnsserri), Marktflecken am Frith of Forth in der schottischen Grafschaft Linlithgow; 800 Ew; eine eiserne Brücke über den Frith, 1/3 Meile lang, eine der längsten in der Welt, von 90 Fuß Höhe.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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