A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Aberdeen Railway, a railway from Aberdeen, south-south-westward to the centre of Forfarshire. It was authorised on 31 July 1845, and opened on 30 March 1850. It cost very much more per mile than had been estimated, yet a good deal less than either the Scottish Central, the Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee, the North British, or the Caledonian. It commences at Guild Street, adjacent to the upper dock and to the foot of Market Street: crosses the Dee at Polmuir, by the viaduct noticed on p. 12: proceeds by the stations of Cove, Portlethen, Newtonhill, and Muchalls, to Stonehaven: goes thence through the fertile district of the Mearns, by the stations of Drumlithie, Fordoun, Laurencekirk, Marykirk, and Craigo, to the northern border of Forfarshire: sends off at Dubton Junction a branch 3 miles and 160 yards eastward to Montrose: sends off again at Bridge-of-Dun Junction a branch of 3 miles and 862 yards westward to Brechin: proceeds by the station of Farnell Road to Guthrie Junction, and makes also a junction with the Arbroath and Forfar railway at Friockheim. That railway, previously formed, was leased to it in 1848, and ultimately incorporated with it. The Aberdeen itself and the Scottish Midland Junction were amalgamated in 1856, under the name of the Scottish NorthEastern: and the Scottish North-Eastern, in turn, was amalgamated with the Caledonian, in 1866: so that the Aberdeen is now the northern part of the Caledonian system. The length of the Aberdeen proper, exclusive of branches, is 49 miles, and inclusive of branches and of the Arbroath and Forfar, is 72 miles.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a railway" (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features") |
| Administrative units: | Aberdeenshire ScoCnty Angus ScoCnty |
| Place: | Aberdeen |
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