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ARBROATH AND FORFAR RAILWAY, railway from Arbroath harbour north-westward and west-north-west ward to Guthrie Junction, and westward thence to Forfar. It is 15 miles long, and rises 220 feet ; it was completed in 1839, at a cost of 131,644 ; it became amalgamated with the Aberdeen Railway, and through that with the Caledonian, and the dividend for it was arranged in 1876 to stand at 6 per cent, till 1879, and become permanently 5i in 1880.

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