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Dundee History
Dundee name derived from the words Dun’s fort name Dun Diagh.Firstly it grew up a small port. In 1191 King William gave Dundee a charter. That was a document granting the townspeople certain rights. It gave them the right to have their own local government and their own court. By the 14th century Dundee was one of Scotland's most important towns. It may have had a population of 4,000 people. That seems tiny to us but settlements were very small in those days.In the 13th century friars arrived in Dundee. The friars were like monks but instead of withdrawing from the world they went out to preach. In the 16th century the wool industry in Dundee flourished and large amounts were exported. Several new buildings were erected in Dundee in the 18th century. However in the later 19th century conditions in Dundee improved. Gaslight was introduced into Dundee in 1826. Until the 19th century ships were tied up on the banks of the Tay but in 1825 the first wet dock, King William IV dock was built. It was followed by Earl Grey Dock in 1834, Camperdown Dock in 1865 and Victoria Dock in 1875.After 1945 Dundee council tried to diversify industry. New industrial estates were built in Dundee. New industries in Dundee in the later 20th century included light engineering. Timex watches came to Dundee in the late 1940s but they closed in 1993. In the 1980s a new Technology Park was built at Dundee. The first units were occupied in 1985. Today tourism is an important industry.Dundee docks declined in the 20th century. Earl Grey dock closed in 1963, then was filled in.In the 1960s and 1970s much of the city centre was rebuilt. Overgate was rebuilt in the 1960s.Kingsway Technical College opened in 1964.The Tay Road Bridge opened in 1966.Dundee University became independent in 1967.In 2000 the new Overgate Shopping Centre opened. Dundee Ice Arena also opened in 2000.
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