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The entrance to a Cable Subway, Aberdeen Electricity Works, Millburn Street. c.1905
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The entrance to a Cable Subway, Aberdeen Electricity Works, Millburn Street. c.1905

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The entrance to a Cable Subway, Aberdeen Electricity Works, Millburn Street. c.1905
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The entrance to a Cable Subway, Aberdeen Electricity Works, Millburn Street. c.1905
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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