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Old houses skirting St Nicholas churchyard once formed part of the south side of Schoolhill. They were demolished in 1884-85 as part of a street widening scheme and the present wall and railing stand in their place. On the other side of Schoolhill (centre) can be seen the roof and turrets of George Jamesone's House, demolished in 1886.

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Engraving of the Castlegate, c. 1850. The statue of the last Duke of Gordon, erected in 1844, was removed in the 1950s to Golden Square. Published by G. Shepherd, Broad Street, Aberdeen

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The junction of the Castlegate and Union Street at Christmas. Note the sunken public toilets at the right of the photograph. They were filled in prior to the pedestrianisation of the Castlegate.

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The Denburn Valley railway was constructed about 1867, and Union Terrace Gardens was laid out a few years later. The closeness of the railway led to the gardens being nicknamed the 'Trainie Park'. The bandstand was removed in the 1930s. The iron footbridge which allowed access over the Denburn and the railway to the Rosemount area of the city was replaced by the Denburn Viaduct in the 1880s.

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Aberdeen from Rubislaw Quarries

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View of the city from Torry, 1850, showing the railway viaduct and the city skyline. Drawn and engraved by W. Banks and Son, Edinburgh

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View of Aberdeen from the river Dee

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Print of Old Aberdeen drawn by John Slezer. General view with the Crown Tower of King's College and the spires of St Machar's Cathedral in the distance. The small building in the right foreground was the Snow Church - St Mary ad Nives - which was demolished in the 1600's, although part of the burial ground survives.

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Skyline of Old Aberdeen, showing King's College

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This photograph by George Washington Wilson, looking towards Union Bridge, shows the old red-tiled roofed houses in the Windmill Brae area in the 1850s. Most of these were swept away with the construction of the railway and the building of Bridge Street around 1865-1867. The house at the left, on the corner of Union Terrace, was owned by Harry Lumsden of Belhelvie and later by the Northern Club. Its site became part of that occupied by the Northern Assurance Company offices. The spire of the Triple Kirks and the tower of the South Parish Church are visible in the background.

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Aberdeen from the south, showing ships on the River Dee

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Looking towards Rosemount from Skene Street. Wallfield House can be seen towards the top left of the picture.

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View of Aberdeen from Cornhill, c.1840. This picture was contained in a series of lithographs of Aberdeen published in 1840 by J and D Nichol, booksellers, Montrose. The elevated position of Cornhill provided one of the best points of view over the city. The idyllic rural scene in the foreground is in contrast to the array of smoking chimneys in the distance, interspersed with the spires of various buildings. In the middle is Broadford Textile Works with Hutcheon Street on the left. On the far right, there is the tall chimney of Rubislaw Bleachfield Works, which was demolished in July 1908. The spires belong to the East and West Churches of St Nicholas, and the Tolbooth while, in the centre, there are the four turrets of the central tower of Marischal College and the tower of the North Church. The chimneys were evidence of the extent and importance of manufacturing in the city, while the western suburbs were the most attractive, with beautiful villas whose residents were often those citizens whose wealth came from these industries.

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Cults main road and hotel.

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An Aberdeen Corporation Electricity Works electricity tunnel

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Dee Village was a self contained hamlet located at the bottom of Crown Street. Originally Dee Village had grown up to cater for the workers of the nearby pottery and brick works in the Clayhills. The photograph was taken in 1898 just prior to the demolition of the complete village to make way for the new electricity station at Millburn Street.

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In 1889, Aberdeen Town Council received the first applications by companies wishing to supply electricity . They decided to operate their own system, which was inaugurated in 1894 at Cotton Street. The rapid increase in demand led to the purchase of a new site in 1901 and Aberdeen Electricity Works at Millburn Street were built. In 1895 nearly 160,000 units were generated, rising to 5 and a half million by 1907. This photograph shows the entrance to the Cable Subway running from the works in the line of Crown Street and Justice Mill Lane for 1500 yards. It was capable of accommodating all the feeder cables required for the northern and western districts of the city, and was believed to be the largest of its kind in the UK. When the Electricity Act of 1947 came into force on 1st April 1948, generation of electricity transferred to the North of Scotland Hydro Board.

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Denburn Valley looking down towards the Union Bridge.

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The Castlegate looking down Union Street. The Market Cross is in the foreground. The spire of the Tolbooth is seen on the right, while the new Town House has yet to be built.

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Union Bridge with the statue of Prince Albert, about 1880.

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James Valentine postcard of Aberdeen from Balnagask.

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Drawing of the Castlegate.

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Culter Paper Mills site, showing new Barratt housing at Millden.

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Culter Paper Mills site, showing new Barratt housing at Millden.