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50 things you may not know aboutAberdeen
1. There are over 30 places named Aberdeen throughout the world.
2. Aberdeen Harbour Board, established in 1136, is Britain's oldest business.
3. n 1!0! the entire "ishing village o" #ootdee $#ittie% was moved partl& to accommodate harbour epansion and
partl& because the residents had re(uested it.
4. n 1!!) Aberdonian Astronomer *ir +avid ill too- the "irst success"ul photograph o" a comet. The oon's ill
/rater is also named a"ter him.
5. The *hore orters *ociet& o" Aberdeen was "ounded in 12!. *till trading toda&, it is the world's oldest
documented transport compan&.
6. nion *treet is named to commemorate the nion o" Britain and reland.
7. ore medieval coin hoards have been "ound in Aberdeen than an&where else in Britain.
8. The 4ir- o" *t 5icholas houses the largest carillon in Britain, consisting o" ! bells.
9. The Aberdeen ournal, one o" the ress and ournal's ancestors, is one o" the oldest newspapers in Britain,
"irst printed in 17!.
10. 8ubislaw 9uarr&, at !0 "eet deep was once the largest man:made hole in ;urope.
11. 8obert +avidson o" Aberdeen is recognised "or his pioneering wor- in developing electric motors in the earl&
12th /entur&.
12. <aterloo Bridge and the Terraces o" the Houses o" arliament are built o" Aberdeen granite.
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13. 60,000 cubic "eet o" Aberdeen granite went into the construction o" the #orth 8ail Bridge.
14. n the late 12th /entur& Aberdeen was the British centre "or envelope production.
15. The sel":seal envelope was developed in Aberdeen.
16. ames ibbs, architect o" *t artin:in:the:#ields and *t Bartholomew's Hospital in =ondon, was born in
#ootdee $#ittie%.
17. /harles /ameron "rom Aberdeen designed man& buildings in *t etersburg during the reign o" /atherine the
reat.
18. A pit uncovered in *hip 8ow, under the modern etension to the Aberdeen Maritime Museum, has been
dated to the "irst centur& A+.
19. n 12) the people o" Aberdeen raised over >)m to pa& "or the building o" H* *c&lla as part o" the war
e""ort. That's the e(uivalent o" >?7m toda&.
20. Torr& oint Batter&, recentl& scheduled as an Ancient onument b& the *cottish inisters, was used as
emergenc& housing "or the people o" Aberdeen a"ter <<.
21. The "astest sailing ship ever, the Thermop&lae, was built in Aberdeen in 1!6!. *ee more at the website
22. The "irst stern trawler was built in Aberdeen. *ee more at the website [email protected]
23. atric- ordon "rom Aberdeen was the principal militar& instructor o" eter the reat o" 8ussia.
24. 8obert Henderson designed the "irst iron lung, in Aberdeen, in 1233.
25. ntil 1!?! Aberdeen had two universities, the same number as the whole o" ;ngland.
26. The 8owett 8esearch nstitute in Aberdeen has produced 3 5obel =aureates.
27. The ni!ersity o" Aberdeen 8esearch nstitute o" rish and *cottish *tudies is the "irst o" its -ind in the world
"or graduate stud& and research on the histor&, language, literature and culture o" reland and *cotland.
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28. *cientists at the ni!ersity o" Aberdeen developed the world's "irst underwater holographic camera, which
can ta-e three:dimensional pictures.
29.#he $obert %ordon ni!ersity launched the 4's "irst degree course in Arti"icial ntelligence and 8obotics.
30. Aberdeen is the second most competitive location to do business in, in the 4.
31. Aberdeen has one o" the lowest unemplo&ment rates in the countr&.
32. The highest concentration o" li"e scientists in ;urope is to be "ound in the Aberdeen area.
33. *ir <inston /hurchill, recentl& voted the reatest Briton o" all time, was granted the #reedom o" the /it& o"
Aberdeen in 126.
34. Almost hal" the recoverable oil reserves in the 5orth *ea have still to be developed.
35. The *hearwater lat"orm "or *hell was the heaviest industrial structure to have been li"ted in the 4. t is now
located 1!0 miles out in the 5orth *ea.
36. Total#ina;l" set a number o" records with the development o" the ;lgin "ield. t is the deepest "ield at 17,?00
"eet below seabed and the hottest at 120 degrees /.
37. Aberdeen has the busiest civilian heliport in the world.
38. nion Bridge in the centre o" Aberdeen is the largest single:span granite arch in the world.
39. The Brig o' Balgownie is *cotland's oldest medieval bridge dating "rom 1)!6, although it too- over 0 &ears to
complete.
40. ittodrie *tadium was the " irst all seater stadium in *cotland.
41. Aberdeen #ootball /lub has been in eistence since 1203.
42. +enis =aw, *cotland's Coint top goal scorer, is an Aberdonian.
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43. The usic Hall can claim to be Aberdeen's "irst cinema. ust nine months a"ter the "irst public demonstration
o" the -inematograph b& the =umieres brothers in aris, 1! short "ilms were shown on the )!th, )2th and 30th
*eptember 1!26, including one that "eatured hand stencilled colour.
44. oseph 8an-, the "ounder o" the 8an- illing empire, learnt the milling trade in Aberdeen.
45. *cotland's castle and whis-& countr& has over ?) gol" clubs, one "or ever& wee- o" the &ear.
46. Aberdeen $see also Aberdeen &n '(oom% has won the Britain in Bloom contest a record number o" times.
47. lanted in 123?, the maDe in )a*(ehead +ark is *cotland's oldest.
48. <ater polo began around 1!63 on the 8iver +ee in Aberdeen, *cotland.
49. Aberdeen is home to *cotland's largest permanent "un"air.
50. *tar Tre-'s *cott& proudl& proclaims himsel" as Ean old Aberdeen ub /rawlerE in the episode titled EThe <ol"
in the #oldE. The actor who pla&ed him, ames +oohan, has also been (uoted as sa&ing he based the
character's accent on an Aberdonian he met whilst training in /atteric-, For-shire, with the 8o&al /anadian Air
#orce during <orld <ar ).
