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Contemporary View of Dens Ironworks

A view of Arbroath including the Dens Ironworks, the factory of Alexander Shanks, taken from a contemporary history of the area.

  • Alexander Shanks Dens Ironworks in Arbroath

    Extract from Aberbrothock Illustrated Being The Round O Etchings in Minature by John Adam, Edinburgh 1886

    Description to Plate No. 45:-

    From Cairnie a good general view of the town (45) down to the sea is obtained. The foreground of the picture is occupied by the railway and Dens Iron Works. The large building on the hill opposite Cairnie-Guthrie Hill-is the Arbroath and St. Vigeans Combination Poorhouse, which was opened in 1866.

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    Google Books/Aberbrothock Illustrated/John Adam/1886/P47
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