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Walk Aberdeen in 1880

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Historic Places, Rebuilt · City walk

Aberdeen, the Granite City, 1880

Aberdeen in 1880 is a prosperous, late‑Victorian port city remade in local grey granite and linked by new streets and railway. The walk moves from the North Sea and busy harbour through Union Street's mile of terraces, past Marischal College and municipal buildings, to the quarry and Old Aberdeen, showing ships, fish markets, quays and the everyday labour that keeps a northern port alive.

35 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Aberdeen as it stood in 1880 (“History of Aberdeen”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. North Sea Approach
  2. 2. North Pier
  3. ↳ Harbour Master's Office · interior
  4. 3. South Breakwater
  5. 4. Victoria Dock
  6. 5. Footdee (Fittie)
  7. 6. Shiprow
  8. ↳ Shipwright's Loft · interior
  9. 7. Harbour Fish Market
  10. ↳ Covered Fishmarket Hall · interior
  11. 8. Bridge of Dee
  12. ↳ Bridge Tollhouse Room · interior
  13. 9. Torry Harbour
  14. ↳ Torry Fisher Family Kitchen · interior
  15. 10. Torry Battery
  16. 11. Guild Street
  17. ↳ Railway Booking Hall · interior
  18. 12. Union Street
  19. ↳ Granite Merchant Showroom · interior
  20. 13. Union Bridge
  21. ↳ Arched Workshop Under Bridge · interior
  22. 14. Marischal College
  23. ↳ Marischal College Hall · interior
  24. 15. Town House
  25. ↳ Town House Council Chamber · interior
  26. 16. Broad Street
  27. 17. Union Terrace Gardens
  28. 18. Music Hall
  29. ↳ Music Hall Auditorium · interior
  30. 19. Woolmanhill Infirmary
  31. ↳ Infirmary Male Ward · interior
  32. 20. Rubislaw Terrace
  33. 21. Rubislaw Quarry
  34. ↳ Granite Polishing Shed · interior
  35. 22. King's College, Old Aberdeen