Dundee, Scotland
(Above image is a capture of the RRS Discovery, a ship dating from 1901.) Dundee is a city with population of 148,000 which is located about 64 miles north of Edinburgh on the east coast of Scotland where the River Tay (Scotland's longest river system) enters the North Sea. Central Dundee The name is very ancient and is comprised of dun (meaning hill or mound) and Deagh (a personal name linked to an old world for fire). Dundee has a long history in heavy industry as manifested in shipping, ship building and jute mills. In Britain, Dundee is synonymous with manufacture of products derived from jute, a raw material imported from the Indian sub-continent and converted into such products as ropes, sacks, aprons, floor coverings and many other household items. At one stage there were about 100 jute mills operating in Dundee all of which are now out of production, although there remains one restored mill, the Verdant Works, which is used for educational purposes and is op...