Grangemouth

Grangemouth ( Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ghrainnse ) is a seaport town in the unitary authority Falkirk, Scotland. The former Scottish Burgh is at the mouth of the River Carron on the banks of the Forth. The nearby towns are Firth of Forth, Falkirk, Bo'ness and Stirling.

The original name of the place was Camelon. With the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal by Sir Lawrence Dundas, the new district Camelons as Sealock should ( German: Seeschleuse ) are named, but later they used the name Grange Burnmouth, from which was until about 1780 Grangemouth.

Although the place earlier had a harbor, but only in the 18th century it came to through the sewer to economic growth. 1963 joined one of the (now re-opened for tourists ) channel and backfilled the section in Grangemouth. A well-known companies in the local shipyard was the Grangemouth Dockyard Company, which was operated from 1885 to 1985. Today's economic life of the city is based in the main on the great local petrochemical and seaport.

A remarkable fact is the demolition of the entire old town of the town, which was largely completed in April 2007. A very last remnant was also demolished by 2010.

Daughters and sons of Grangemouth

• Tommy Whittle (1926-2013), jazz musician