Trivia
- A legacy of the worldwide influence of the Carron Company, based in Falkirk, is a popular cast-iron cooking pot brand called "Falkirk" found in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The Falkirk pots are used for Potjie cooking and are still manufactured to this day in Africa.
- An isolated beach on the west coast of the island of Zakynthos, Greece, has the shell of a Carron-built ship washed up on the beach. It is one of the island's most famous tourist attractions. The vessel still bears the plate of the company, "Carron Company Stirlingshire". Local folklore suggests it was run aground after an intense chase from the Greek Navy as it smuggled wine and tobacco onto the mainland in 1980.
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