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The River Dee, 1895
1999 During the severe winter of 1895, the River Dee was frozen due to the extremely low temperatures recorded. All outdoor work was forced to cease and it was estimated that between 2-3000 people were thrown out of work.
y 9th February the local press recorded that temperatures had dropped to 8 degrees F.
Large crowds were on the banks of the river and continued to cross from side to side on the ice. By 19th February the Dee was frozen as far west as Cults, where hundreds of people were skated because the ice was much smoother there. The salmon fishers at the Bridge of Dee managed to break through the ice and found it to be at least 12 inches thick. The thaw set in two days later, when the lower part of the Dee between the estuary and Victoria Bridge was almost free of ice. Winter in Gairnshiel
4227 A photograph looking south west from the Old Military Road on the slopes of the Little Craig hill.
Beyond an icy River Gairn, in the middle distance, can be seen Gairnshiel Lodge, partially obscured by trees, and Rinloam further on.
Aberdeenshire's Historic Environment Record website describes Gairnshiel Lodge as a former hunting lodge originally built in 1746 by the Garden family.
The image shows the glen deep in winter.
This image likely dates from the 1970s or 80s. It is a part of a collection of slides donated to Aberdeen City Libraries by Aberdeen City Council's Publicity department. |