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Construction
Date 1964 - 30 December 1966
Event ID 576742
Category Building History
Type Construction
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/576742
A development of two multi-storey slab blocks built as public housing along the Gallowgate for Aberdeen Borough Council. The nineteen-storey block, Seamount Court, contains 126 dwellings. The nine-storey block, Porthill Court, contains 72 dwellings. Both blocks have balcony access and they are linked with walkways on two levels. The contractor for the development was W. J. Anderson Ltd. Construction began in 1964.
Glendinning and Methusius 1994
