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One of the towns situated in Scotland’s central is Falkirk which is to the northwest as well as in close proximity from Glasgow city and Edinburgh to the northeast. According to the 2007 census, the residents of the town were 34,071. Falkirk has a similar type of maritime climate as the rest of the country which is somewhat mild.

The town rests at the conjunction of the Union and the Clyde Canal, a position which demonstrates the crucial development of the city as a main spot of large industries throughout the Industrial growth. During the early eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the town enjoyed the importance of being the major spot of a big steel and iron industry, supported by one of the biggest firms Carron Company which emerged and grew near to the town.

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