Broughty-Ferry — Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Broughty-Ferry, a town of Forfarshire, on the Firth of Tay, $3\frac{1}{2}$ miles E. of Dundee. It is connected with Tayport, in Fife, by a railway-ferry over the firth, here a mile broad, which, before the opening of the Tay Bridge, to the westward, formed the chief connection between Edinburgh and Fife with Dundee. Many Dundee merchants occupy fine villas at Broughty-Ferry, and it enjoys all the amenities of a favourite watering-place. On the shore stands a castle, which, built in 1498, was held by the English 1547-50. In 1860-61 it was repaired as a defence for the Tay. Pop. (1861) 3513; (1891) 9256.