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Topic: Aberdeen Harbour


  
 Aberdeen Area Main Page on Undiscovered Scotland
Aberdeen is Scotland's third city, and usually known as the Granite City after its main building material.
The main inland settlement in the area lies north west of Aberdeen, in the form of the prosperous farming (and commuting) town of Inverurie.
Aberdeen is a city shaped by its geography, climate and architecture.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /areaaber/index.html   (674 words)

  
 Aberdeen Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
It's been suggested that "Aberdeen" was a compromise that drew together the separate villages overlooking the Don and the Dee.
Edward III of England badly damaged Aberdeen in 1336, and the fl death arrived in 1350.
In the 1980s the increasing demands on Aberdeen's harbour space for oil exploration and support vessels led to the migration of much of the fishing fleet up the coast to Peterhead.
www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk /aberdeen/aberdeen/index.html   (1056 words)

  
 Aberdeen Harbour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aberdeen is an area at the south side of the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong, China.
Aberdeen Harbour is a harbour between Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau.
Aberdeen was named, in 1845, after the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aberdeen_Harbour   (420 words)

  
 Aberdeen - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Aberdeen, city, largest in north-eastern Scotland, situated on the North Sea at the mouths of the Dee and Don rivers.
Aberdeen City unitary authority forms an enclave on the eastern coast of Aberdeenshire unitary...
Aberdeen, University of, institution of higher learning, the first in the United Kingdom to train students in medicine, a field in which it has...
au.encarta.msn.com /Aberdeen.html   (91 words)

  
 Aberdeen Harbour
The maritime transport of Aberdeen was, therefore, carried on mainly by small vessels, which often lay alongside two or even three deep, awaiting their turn of quay space.
Hogarth and was employed to bring to Aberdeen via the Pentland Firth the salmon caught on their net fishings at Gairloch and elsewhere on the west coast.
The steamers plying regularly at Aberdeen in the 'sixties were mostly paddle steamers; but the screw was fast ousting the paddle, and no paddle steamer was added to the register of the port in the 'sixties.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /nescotland/articles/exharb.htm   (1410 words)

  
 Aberdeen travel guide - Wikitravel
Aberdeen is the county town of Aberdeenshire, and the chief seaport in the north-east of Scotland.
Aberdeen is commonly referred to variously as "the Granite City", on account of the grey, occasionally sparkling building stone used in older buildings in the city; and the "Flower of Scotland", Aberdeen long having been famous for outstanding parks, gardens and floral displays.
Aberdeen lies halfway along the long A90 arterial road that hugs the eastern, North Sea coast of Scotland between Dundee and Peterhead.
wikitravel.org /en/Aberdeen   (3027 words)

  
 Safety Harbour -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age, and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the Frome.
The harbour is relatively shallow, with one main dredged channel through the harbour, from the mouth to Holes Bay in Poole.
At the start of the 19th century 90% of Poole's population's employment was directly dependent on the harbour, but this dropped to just 20% during the century as the railways reached the town, and deep hulled boats moved up the coast to Southampton, which had a deeper harbour and is closer to London.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/128/safety-harbour.html   (804 words)

  
 Torry Point Battery, Aberdeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Battery was built to defend the city and the harbour of Aberdeen.
Aberdeen felt this problem badly and a number of solutions were worked out.
The harbour entrance is one of the UK's best places to watch dolphins and porpoises with the chance of seeing a minke whale moving up or down the coast.
www.ourpasthistory.com /fortifications/torry.htm   (1732 words)

  
 Aberdeen and District Angling Association -Aberdeen Scotland facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Aberdeen Harbour Board, established in 1136, is Britain's oldest business.
In 1808 the entire fishing village of Footdee (Fittie) was moved partly to accomodate harbour expansion and partly because the residents had requested it.
Aberdeen is the second most competative location to do business in, in the U.K. More than half the oil in the North Sea has yet to be developed
www.adaa.org.uk /aberdeenfacts.htm   (324 words)

  
 Hotels, Aberdeen: Terrific Late Deals and Cheap Aberdeen Bed and Breakfast Hotels
Call Aberdeen Tourist Office on 01224 288800 for more sightseeing ideas or a guide to visitor attractions and last minute tourist offers at leisure centres and restaurants in the town or city area.
Boasting an enviable supply of crude oil from the North Sea, Aberdeen, the 'Oil Capital of Europe' is major commercial centre and seaport for the North East of Scotland.
In view of the sheer drama of the Franco-Scottish Gothic architecture, the plethora of cathedrals and churches and sheer breadth of museums and theatres, many Aberdeen hotels cater for a wide variety of nationalities and clientele.
www.room4u.org.uk /hotels/aberdeen/index.asp   (1183 words)

  
 Aberdeen Watersports - Forum - Aberdeen Harbour
Aberdeen area has alot to offer but it is a nightmare to launch there.
There is a jet ski lanching area off aberdeen beach about parrallel to pittodrie, which may or may not allow rib launching.
Harbour coz their jurisdiction runs from the harbour to Bridge of Don and the council because the own the gates and access points.
www.aberdeenwatersports.com /forum/Forums.asp?TID=892   (377 words)

  
 + Aberdeen Official Guide +   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Its most striking aspects are its beauty, the vivid contrast of beach, cliff and harbour, rivers and woodland, ancient buildings, silver granite and flowers in their thousands.
Studies have consistently shown that Aberdeen is rated as one of the most desirable cities in the UK in which to live and work.
The oil and gas industry is still strong in Aberdeen and in fact the city has bred a new workforce exporting its talents throughout the world.
www.british-publishing.com /Pages/AberdeenOG/introducing.html   (510 words)

  
 Aberdeen Ferry Port on the Travel Friend Guide
Aberdeen Harbour is one of Britain's busiest ports, and is now the principal commercial port for Northern Scotland.
Aberdeen Railway Station is located 500 metres west of the harbour in Guild Street and is a 5 minute walk to the ferry terminal.
Aberdeen Bus and Coach Station is also in Guild Street adjacent to the Railway Station.
www.travel-friend.co.uk /ferryports/ferryports_aberdeen.htm   (446 words)

  
 Overview of Aberdeen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Founded in the 7th or 8th Century, the seaport of Aberdeen is known as 'the granite city', a name that reflects its handsome grey granite architecture.
In Old Aberdeen, St Machar's Cathedral, former seat of the Bishops of Aberdeen, was completed in the early 16th century and nearby are King's College Chapel and the Cruickshank Botanical Gardens established in 1898.
Today Aberdeen is a centre of administration, education and industry with a seaport trade and ferry links to the Northern Isles, Scandinavia and the Continent.
www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/towns/townfirst617.html   (295 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Business - Aberdeen Harbour could be forced to privatise
ABERDEEN Harbour, believed to be the UK's oldest company, could be facing calls for a new future as a privatised business under controversial proposals to be considered by the Department of Transport.
While the review could take six months to complete, some industry experts believe that it is likely to conclude that Aberdeen and the other ports need the fresh impetus of outside shareholders to achieve their potential.
Aberdeen directors fought against similar proposals in the early 1990s, arguing that they were capable of financing expansion out of their own resources and that privatisation could leave the door open to a takeover from an outsider who would not have local interest at heart.
business.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=2272512005   (444 words)

  
 Aberdeen Transport Forum - Transport Interchange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The prosal to sever the railhead to Aberdeen Harbour comes at the same time as the Scottish Executive is investing £1 million in REINSTATING the railhead to Leith Docks in Edinburgh!
Aberdeen's history is closely tied to its transport infrastructure.
The combination of airport and harbour encouraged the oil industry to choose Aberdeen as its main European base.
www.scotiaweb.co.uk /transport/interchange.html   (515 words)

  
 Aberdeen Independent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ABERDEEN’S Northfield Academy is celebrating 50 years of learning and teaching, after opening its doors to pupils and staff on August 27, 1956.
ABERDEEN City Council has received amended submissions from companies that are bidding for the 3Rs Project contract to revamp several schools in the C (more)
A NEW reed bed could be created in Aberdeen to ‘digest’ the waste from city road gullies, writes Steven Lobban.
www.aberdeen-indy.co.uk /news   (385 words)

  
 Aberdeen Interprofessional Healthcare Education
Since 2003 the School of Medicine and the Faculty of Health and Social care at the University of Aberdeen and The Robert Gordon University have run a series of interprofessional case-based workshops for students across all the first year health and social care courses.
The purpose of this workshop is to develop good practice and innovations in the assessment of interprofessional learning in health and social care in classroom and clinical and community settings.
The IPEA (Interprofessional Education In Aberdeen) group have recently run two training workshops for staff at the two universities who wish to find out more about the issues associated with teaching and facilitating IPE sessions.
www2.rgu.ac.uk /ipe/index.htm   (518 words)

  
 The Aberdeen Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Aberdeen Harbour Revision (Constitution) Order 2002, ISBN 0 11061511 5.
Whereas the Aberdeen Harbour Board have applied for a harbour revision order under section 14 of the Harbours Act 1964[1] (hereinafter called "the Act"):
(2) The Aberdeen Harbour Orders 1960 to 1992 and this Order may be cited together as the Aberdeen Harbour Orders 1960 to 2002.
www.hmso.gov.uk /legislation/scotland/ssi2002/20020310.htm   (2972 words)

  
 Harbour Authorities, United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The ensign is worn at shore offices and by pilot boats and harbour craft, but no longer by any named vessel.
The initials date from the time when it was called the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and have not been changed.
Flaggenbuch (1939) also shows the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company badge with silver/white letters and garland.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-hrbr.html   (335 words)

  
 Hong Kong : Attractions : Aberdeen | Frommers.com
Still, Aberdeen continues to be popular with the tourist crowd because of its remaining boat population and floating restaurant.
There are also old women with wide-brimmed straw hats who will try to persuade you to board their sampan, with the price open to bargaining and depending on the numbers of tourists around at the time.
Other Aberdeen attractions include the largest floating restaurant in the world--the Jumbo Floating Restaurant, which offers free shuttle service from the Aberdeen Centre promenade--and a temple built in 1851.
www.frommers.com /destinations/hongkong/0078028451.html   (526 words)

  
 Noonsite: Victoria Harbour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
One is the typhoon shelter in Causeway Bay, the small boat harbour in Aberdeen and Hebe Haven, although it has the disadvantage of being in the centre of town amongst the noise and pollution.
Although facilities inside the marinas in Aberdeen are limited, there are many small yards in the immediate vicinity, which can undertake most repair jobs.
The Aberdeen Marina Club is located in the Wong Chuk Hang area of Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
www.noonsite.com /Countries/HongKong/VictoriaHarbour   (463 words)

  
 Kallisti
This is a collection of some of my favourite photos I've taken in and around Aberdeen, Scotland.
All the photos after June 2000 were taken with a fujifilm dx1700 zoom digital camera.
- Aberdeen harbour, Aberdeen bay and across Nigg Bay to the lighthouse.
freespace.virgin.net /thee.dude   (364 words)

  
 Hong Kong Tour & Sightseeing - Aberdeen & Harbour Night
Even if you don't, you are promised a relaxing evening cruise on the Victoria Harbour and see the sunset gradually dimming on the horizon.
After the cruise is a fabulous Chinese-style dinner awaiting at the famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant in Aberdeen.
Unlimited free drinks are served aboard a traditional style chinese junk for a relaxing cruise of the Victoria Harbour.
hongkong-tour.com /v54.html   (210 words)

  
 New Aberdeen harbour control centre opens - Offshore247.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A new £4.5 million marine operations centre has opened at Aberdeen Harbour which will serve North Sea oil and gas shippers.
The new facility located at North Breakwater houses in the harbour area will provide a new vessel traffic services system to direct and track ships, as well as a ship’s bridge training simulator plus an emergency response and training rooms/
Aberdeen Harbour board is spending £44 million over five years upgrading shipping facilities and the new centre is one of three major upgrades.
www.oilport.net /news/article.asp?Id=6081   (212 words)

  
 Stock Photos of Hong Kong Island, China, Hong Kong, Aberdeen Harbour - Search Photography Pictures Images and Photo ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Stock Photos of Hong Kong Island, China, Hong Kong, Aberdeen Harbour - Search Photography Pictures Images and Photo Clip Art - 1915582, 1915582.jpg
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www.fotosearch.com /DGV028/1915582   (244 words)

  
 TrekEarth | Aberdeen Harbour Photo
Photos: Earth >> Europe >> United Kingdom >> Scotland >> Aberdeen >> Aberdeen
The entrance to Aberdeen harbour and their brand new control tower.
A little more light on the control tower would improve things also.
www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/United_Kingdom/photo481210.htm   (85 words)

  
 Aberdeen & NE
Various pictures around Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland.
The cactus house at the Winter Gardens, Aberdeen
Aberdeen harbour decked out for the Tall Ships
homepage.mac.com /savik/PhotoAlbum26.html   (62 words)

  
 Acclaim Images - harbour posters and art prints   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
0440-0610-2205-4843: Singapore's Symbol, The Merlion in Singapore Harbour.
0370-0609-3014-3204: Harbour of Chania on Crete in Greece
0370-0609-0200-5234: Greek Harbour in the Bay of Chania on Crete
www.acclaimimages.com /_gallery/_print_terms/harbour.html   (2526 words)

  
 ABERDEEN , Scotland Photographs, Photography pictures by stock photographer Doug Houghton
160266 GALLOWGATE - Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney church - St Margaret of Scotland ABERDEEN Scotland
160265 GALLOWGATE - Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney church enterance with crucifix - St Margaret of Scotland ABERDEEN Scotland
065437 HARBOUR - Oil supply ship and survey ship at quayside Aberdeen harbour - ABERDEEN Scotland
www.doughoughton.com /webpage/page/page001.html   (552 words)

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