| 词条 | Wormit |
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|country = Scotland |static_image_name = Wormit.jpg |static_image_caption=Wormit, by the old railway station |coordinates = {{coord|56.42366|-2.98107|display=inline,title}} |official_name= Wormit |population= |shire_district= |unitary_scotland= Fife |metropolitan_borough= |metropolitan_county = |region= |constituency_westminster= North East Fife |constituency_scottish_parliament= North East Fife |post_town= Dundee |postcode_district = DD6 |postcode_area= DD |dial_code= 01382 |os_grid_reference= NO3624 }} Wormit ("wormwood")[1][2] is a small town on the banks of the Firth of Tay in north-east Fife, Scotland. Its location at the southern end of the Tay Rail Bridge has led to it becoming a commuter suburb of Dundee. Together with Woodhaven and Newport-on-Tay, Wormit is a part of The Burgh of Newport-on-Tay. Wormit StationWormit Railway Station opened 1 May 1889[3] and closed on 5 May 1969,[4] was operated on a closed branch line, The Newport Railway, which left the main line (Edinburgh/Dundee) railway immediately at the south end of the Bridge to serve Wormit/Newport. After closure, Wormit Station was later dismantled and rebuilt at the heritage Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway to the west of Edinburgh. In 1955, there was a serious train crash in Wormit Station in which three people were killed and forty-one were injured.[5] PowerWormit claims to be the first Scottish village to have installed electricity.[6][7] A windmill located on Wormit Hill generated the power, with a steam engine supplementing this when the wind was low. This was later replaced by a coal-gas engine until the 1930s, when Wormit was connected to the national grid. Alexander Stewart, who built many of Wormit's early houses, owned the windmill and steam engine[8] and offered electrical lighting to homeowners as well as basic street lighting. Consumers paid 10 shillings a quarter and could use as much electricity as they liked. The first houses to have electricity had sun rays painted on the front, and these can still be seen along the highest row of terraced housing in the village.{{fact|date=May 2017}} Norwegian connectionDuring the Second World War, King Haakon VII of Norway stayed in Wormit. During this time his soldiers painted a sea motif for the king on the walls of the bathroom, and the motif is still present in the house.{{fact|date=May 2017}} Norwegian Catalina flying boats were stationed at Woodhaven, and a Norwegian flag is still flown in the harbour, which has since been changed back into Wormit Boating Club, from where occasional pleasure sailings operate for much of the year upon the River Tay, mainly between the Tay Rail Bridge and Tay Road Bridge.{{fact|date=May 2017}} ReservoirWormit water reservoir was built in 1923 in anticipation of the population of the town growing, but war intervened and the reservoir was eventually decommissioned due to costs.[9] Trevor Cox, a professor of acoustic engineering at the University of Salford, identified the reservoir as one of the "strangest sounding places in the UK". It is a large concrete box 60m long, 30m wide and 5m high. In a normal room, sounds die away quickly due to sound waves reflecting in to the walls, losing energy. In Wormit water reservoir, the size of the room means the time between reflections is much greater, coupled with sound waves losing less energy when reflecting off concrete, meaning sounds last for much longer. This was demonstrated by an experiment in which a balloon was popped inside the reservoir.[10] Amenities & servicesWormit has its own primary school, Church of Scotland, blacksmith, garage, post office, hair dresser and local shop. There are several sports clubs within Wormit, including tennis, bowling and boating clubs. The local police station, which covers both Wormit and Newport, is also situated just inside Wormit. The local secondary school is Madras College, St Andrews. Notable residents
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