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Aberdeen Harbour, Waterloo Quay, Locks
Lock(S) (Post Medieval)
Site Name Aberdeen Harbour, Waterloo Quay, Locks
Classification Lock(S) (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 104106
Site Number NJ90NE 7.16
NGR NJ 95200 05940
NGR Description NJ 9520 0594 and NJ 9521 0589
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/104106
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Aberdeen
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ90NE 7.16 9520 0594 and 9521 0589
Publication Account (2007)
With the advent of the oil industry, in the 1970s Victoria Dock was redeveloped and the tide locks [at Waterloo Quay] were removed in 1975 making the whole harbour tidal, with deepening by dredging as necessary.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
Publication Account
In 1810 Telford proposed a scheme for a large dock adjoining the north shore and what was to become Waterloo Quay to be created by impounding water in theharbour at high tide by means of an entrance lock. Between 1816 and 1829 very little was done except dredging. The 1831 version of this proposal formed the basis for the Victoria Dock project later developed by James Abernethy.
About this time Telford also advised on the new channel for the Dee, reclamation of the Inches, new wet docks and quays and dredging. The cost of the work done under his direction amounted to £160 590.
R Paxton and J Shipway, 2007.
Reproduced from 'Civil Engineering heritage: Scotland - Highlands and Islands' with kind permission from Thomas Telford Publishers.
